If one of my heroes comes to me and says, 'Do you want to work on something?' I just say, 'Yes.' I don't ask for details; I don't expect to get paid anything. I just love working with my heroes.

If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't going to be interested.

Music can always serve a role in people's lives when it's emotional and warm and inviting and beautiful.

There are a lot of great animal rights organizations who save dogs and save cats, but the Humane Society is actually really good at working with Congress and getting legislation actually passed.

I always just made music that resonates with me emotionally.

I'm obsessed with politics, and I talk about it any chance I can get. I have strong opinions about how the world should be run.

I buy things with the best of intention of living in them and then life intercedes.