American radio from the '30s through the '60s was just fabulous. There was such a diversity.

I think it was a modest thing I did (Fahrenheit 9/11) ... this is an election year ... I'm not telling them how to vote. I'm saying get information about the issues ... at first there's just silence, then there's 'Yeah!' and then there's 'Boo' ... I have never seen a reaction like this, in all my years of touring ... Clear Channel can't threaten to not play my records because they are not going to play them anyway.

Music is a work in progress. On a record, it gets frozen in time. And it's oddly unnatural.

There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.

There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No ones illegal. They should just be able to come.

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

If you don't have story to tell the public at large - you have to be able to sort of go listen.