There is no dogma, there isn't anything about how the universe works.

To me, that's the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That's the basic, ultimate freedom.

I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs.

I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.

You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music. The thing about music is that nobody listens to it unless it's real. I don't think that you can fool anybody for too long in music. And you certainly can't fool everybody.

I'm shopping around for something to do that no one will like.

Right now, America is under the gun. It's being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.