People don't truly respond to something until they see the direct consequences.

I've been having a midlife crisis since I was four years old.

I don't have children, but I imagine if parents are really pushed on the subject, they probably have favorite children.

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 joined Facebook purely so I could play online Scrabble. You have eight tiles instead of seven, so you tend to have higher scores. I'm somewhere between 400 and 500.

What I love about making albums in the 21st century is that so few people buy albums! I can make an album without any commercial concerns whatsoever.