I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do.

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

When I was a kid growing up in New York, I was pretty unaware of racism. I think when we're young - before we lose our innocence - we're sort of unaware of the more flawed qualities of each other.

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.

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.

A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.

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.