The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be.

Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull us down. Music should be not only a source for political ideas but also a source of hope.

Isn't it strange how we move out lives for another day? Like skipping a beat, what if a great wave should wash us all away?

I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been.

I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make.

The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be.

Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell.