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.

Being joyful is a choice.

"Alleluia" song is a street hymn in the sense that it's all about culture.It's almost a juxtaposition of the prayers of the world and the prayers of the culture and how we sometimes put an "amen" after crazy things. So it's really just that tension between madness and simplicity.

That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.

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

I'd rather live forever in Heaven than a place where there's terrorism and hate.

When I manage to keep my center, it's usually because I've taken prayer seriously.