For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, you know - most of my fans are lefties anyway, so I don't really get much flack for it.

Because we find somethings distasteful is not justification enough for us to deem them criminal.

The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.'

I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

When you look at the consequences of climate change, at rainforest deforestation, at antibiotic resistance, these are not necessarily political issues, but rather issues that have the ability to threaten our species.

If you're inclined to dismiss L.A. as a place of unrelenting vapidity and generic 1980s architecture, then you're doing yourself and L.A. a huge disservice, and you're just not looking hard enough.