I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

After all the time we [people] spent saying look, war is a stupid way to solve stuff - oh, you're not trying to solve stuff. You're trying to make money.

[Calling you a] star is just a trick. It's like a straw man thing. They [people] set you up just to knock you over. It's bull. You avoid it, I avoid it.

I love music. I love making songs. I feel like I've been given a path where I can contribute, where I can protest if somebody does something really obviously wrong or inhuman right in front of me, where I can make a difference. Where I can most especially elevate, make you happy, elevate the condition, elevate the thing.

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.

Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band

Generally we don't really consciously do it as a purpose-driven thing. ... It's really just a response to life.