For me my biggest inspiration is trying to make music that effects me as much as the music made by my heroes.

Should the progressives in Germany in the 30s have tolerated the National Socialists? Of course they shouldn't have.

I walk out my front door in New York and I'm out on the street and there are people everywhere. L.A. is so much more spread out, so it's really easy in L.A. to have a little more isolation and to just not see as many people.

I saw people around me who were falling deeper and deeper into alcoholism and substance abuse. It's seductive because alcohol is amazing and drugs are amazing, they work so well.

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

I believe that to knowingly commit actions that cause or condone suffering is reprehensible in the extreme. I call upon you to be compassionate and treat others as you want to be treated. If you don't want to be beaten, imprisoned, mutilated, killed or tortured then you shouldn't condone such behavior towards anyone, be they human or not.

When I was in my twenties, I thought I was bulletproof.