Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.

Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.

Even though I'm a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back.

The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.

Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.

The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don't like it, actually.

The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.