I don't really have an ambition to become the Rolling Stones, or anything like that. For me, it's just playing music is kind of a transcendent, amazing gift, so when people come together and they play, I think it's a real special thing.

Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray.

I would rather portray the hero, if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Robin Hood."

Being joyful is a choice.

I think acting is a gift. I think certain people for some reason just have a gift that they were meant to perform.

Sometimes song happens all at once where you sit down and the lyrics and the music just come out. So there definitely isn't one way that it happens - there are a lot of different things that take place.

Not judging people is the fastest way to peace.