Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock.

I work pretty much every day. I can't really separate it from life, so I guess the work is my life.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.'

Some soldier will say, 'You know, sir, you and I have some political disagreements, but I'm glad you came all the way out here.' And you know, you say, 'Well, maybe one day you'll see the light but I'm glad to be out here with you.'

I prefer to work out alone. It enables me to concentrate on the lessons that the Iron has for me.

Travelling as extensively as I do... the take away for me has made me very humble and very sympathetic to other people's plight in the world and very desirous of being proactive in being part of a solution somehow and not part of a problem. It's made me very patient and very grateful for where I live.