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.

We all do the wrong thing. And then we have to wake up the next morning and live with the fact that we have done things that are wrong.

We have evolved to understand that language of power that's taken too much.

I remember doing "As Cool As I Am" and Steve Miller, the producer, saying "I really hear a drum loop here. I want to play it for you." When I wrote it, I thought, "This isn't going to sound very folky. I don't think it's going to go with mandolins and banjos." Then he played the loop for me and it sounded right.

I'm amazed at the adolescent nature of some of the religious fanatics in our government. And they're full of double standards.

The only word for love is everybody's name.

The light that stopped the night felt like forgiveness.