My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in knowing that's as much as a listener can take.

No one knows anything for sure.

Sometimes people ask what it was like when I got to meet Mick Jagger, and I must admit that you just try and chill out and be your best self around anyone that you meet.

I'm becoming more and more apolitical - I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life and have a good time. Before they scoop you up on the street or you die.

God looks out for fools and babies.

I think all musicians should understand that you have chosen not to be a soldier but a musician.

Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for.