I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated.

I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream

Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.

Mothers need to know what they are feeding their children. They need the freedom to make educated choices at the market.

I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.

Keep it moving. Don't hoard. Money's no good, get rid of it. Turn it into people doing things. Turn it into jobs. Turn it into happiness...The more people I employ, the happier I am - that means my money's goin' into other people's lives, and if I can give 'em something to create that they can be happy with, that's great.

My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.