If someone is cynical and doesn't vote and ends up with a crummy job in a crummy country with a decimated environment, they only have themselves to blame.

I change my mind about things - for a while I was punk rocker, and if you weren't a punk rocker you were an apostate. Then I was a dance music enthusiast, and if you weren't a dance music enthusiast, you were an apostate. I was carnivore, and if you were a vegan, I didn't want to talk to you. Then I was vegan, and if you were a carnivore I didn't want to talk to you.

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.

The most emotional part is when I go into my studio every day and pretty much never have an idea of what's gonna happen.

Let peace and beauty reign.

Once the pathological low self-esteem goes, that's when things go downhill.

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