I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

Everything that's bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that's the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.

As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner.

I've always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? We're not protesting from the outside. We're inside.

Colour is not the issue in America; class is.

I tour more than I need to, more than is good for you. But it's my favorite part of music. I much prefer it to studio work.