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

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.

I have odometer readings, kids; all sorts of measurements of what I've been doing for the last 20 years. I get it. I get that it was a while ago.

There's the wind And the rain And the mercy of the fallen Who say, "Hey, it's not my place To know what's right" There's the weak And the strong And the many stars that guide us We have some of them inside us

Empires are doomed. They become more diffuse, more broke, demagogues rule, and so I was just pointing out some similarities between past empires and what's going on right now. They all have had to apply more and more harsh rhetoric of superiority and divine right to justify the building of hegemony.

Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person.

The only word for love is everybody's name.