Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.

I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.

When people in government [make mistakes], they don't say, those people in the government. They say, we've got a problem to solve.

There was this moment in 2003 when I was asked to do a fundraiser for someone who was speaking out against the Iraq war when nobody was. I said, "I will do a fundraiser for that guy." And then my friend John Hall, from the band Orleans...He ran for Congress in my district and won. I did a bunch of fundraisers for him.

If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.

I came out of that and said I don't want to go back to feeling depressed. So I asked myself, what can I be optimistic about, in terms of the course of the planet? And I discovered there was no end to the optimism I felt.

The only I would say is a little different is when I know my parents are in the audience. That's never going to be the same as another concert.