We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten.

I use God in my songs a lot but I don't have a relationship. I don't know what that means.

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.

We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten.

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.

I'm partly obsessed by aging gracefully.

I don't think everything is going to get peachy ever. But I think we have to fight for what we believe in.