I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

There's always stuff to write about. So it's very gratifying on a lot of levels. This is stuff I got asked over and over again, or heard about. People would ask me about it, but they kind of knew the answer. It would be this ongoing question: "Your fans are wondering, now that you're married, are you still going to be able to write songs?" I'm serious! I would get asked that!

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

It's really about living in your head... just looking out at the world, then going back into your head and tossing around a lot of ideas and coming out with something interesting to say.

I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there

I don't want to beat people over the head with my political views. It's more about the humanitarian aspect of it.