I am happy to do political fundraisers. I always hope that my friends will be, too. It's part of who you are and you shouldn't feel ashamed of what you believe in.

They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won't do a better job of it.

I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.

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.

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

I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.

There's tons of anger and angst and peculiarity and eccentricity, and good towns know that that's okay. But towns that are kind of bullshit don't know what to do with all those feelings.