I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words.

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

Don’t you rob yourself of what you’re feeling; don’t rob yourself of all that you could be.

We have to do much more than believe if we really want to change things.

The idea of God as a fatherly figure who looks down on us and worries about how we're doing or takes sides when we have fights - it's more irritating than Santa Claus. The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master.

For me, in songwriting, I have a route I can take. Maybe there's some forks, I can go this way, this way. But I know those roads. I still have the experience behind me.

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.