I looked at myself, and I just said, well, you know, I can sing but I'm not the greatest singer in the world. I can play guitar very well, but I'm not the greatest guitar player in the world... And so I said, well, if I'm going to project an individuality, it's going to have to be in my writing.

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.

The one thing I wished for my children is that they'd be readers.

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.

Let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly, yeah, this is the long good-bye.

The criminal ineptitude makes you furious.