It [my vocal] didn't sound like what I wanted to hear; the vibrato isn't what I liked anymore. So I got myself to an ear, nose and throat guy who does a lot of work with singers, and I was hoping there was a big wart on my vocal cords or something and they could scrape it off and I could have the voice I wanted. But he said, "No, for 71, that's your voice."

The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink.

It sounds corny, but it's absolutely true: A song chooses me. I don't go looking for a certain kind of lyric. It kind of develops its own little arc and I'll just see what happens.

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."

We're not really pacifists, we're nonviolent soldiers.

Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.