Most artists I know had one person in their life who told them they were the second coming of the baby Jesus, and another person that told them they weren't worth anything, and they believed them both, you know?

All I try to do is write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

Show a little faith, there's magic in the night.

For me, President Obama is our best choice because he has a vision of the United States as a place where we are all in this together.

cause down the shore everything's all right

Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous.

You've got to be able to hold a lot of contradictory ideas in your mind without going nuts. I feel like to do my job right, when I walk out on stage I've got to feel like it's the most important thing in the world. Also I've got to feel like, well, it's only rock and roll. Somehow you've got to believe both of those things.