The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.

I think you can't demonize somebody that's on the other side of the political spectrum, or you can't generalize about them.

My heart's dark, but it's rising. I'm pulling all the faith I can see.

I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio.

Time slips away and leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories of glory days.

What if what you do to survive kills the things you love?

When I was young I was very shy and that was my personality. I was a pretty sensitive kid and quite neurotic, filled with a lot of anxiety.