The moon is quite a show off given the chance. The stars make a sound when they shine so bright. Water so blue and so black.

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us. Because the planet doesn't need to be saved. It doesn't care if all the squirrels, elephants, and trees die and there's just a couple of amoebas floating around at the poles.

I'm from a very politically and socially conscious family. My mother always made a point of making us look at what was going on around us and take stock of our part in it.

When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it back to my community in some way.

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 say my hell is the closet I'm stuck inside.

We have to be active about kindness and about peace. I've always fantasized that it would be great if there was a Department of Peace.