Would you not like to be, sittin' on top of the world with your legs hanging free?

I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream.

Being able to scream at the top of my lungs in front of people is very therapeutic. It is a great gift for me to be able to do that.

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

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.

I've never been much of a craftsman, in an educated way. But I think just the experience of writing makes the avenues I follow a little more efficient in some ways. At the same time, when you're young, you're a little more fearless, and there's less of an internal critic.

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