Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.

We got CEOs making 200 times the worker's pay, but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage.

I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.