[Mortal City ] was also the beginning of the reality of the fact that I was going to have little pieces of my personality identifying with all of these different parts of the country.

How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.

I would encourage people to bridge broadly and creatively in their communities, not just because that creates the most fun and resiliency, but also because it creates the most points of access for people to be part of the community, which is what democracy is at its best.

Every time you opt in to kindness Make one connection, used to divide us It echoes all over the world

What happened on "As Cool As I Am" was, you know how in the `90s, "the personal is political, the political is personal"? That was a really big thing. Choices you made about how you recorded and what instruments you used and how much real versus how much synthetic. Those were choices that were seen as very political at the time.

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

I just think the reassurance and the steadiness and the hands-on kindness can make a huge difference.