It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

The heart of a city Is the soul of a man It winds like a river Through the heart of the land They can tear down a building They can tear down a park They can strike at a symbol But they can't strike the heart.

Society's Child' was a real hard record to start with. That's all you want is for you to put your first record out and have people screaming at you in the streets. But it taught me right away that what I was doing was valuable and important.

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn’t really part of it.

I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted.

That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling.

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.