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

I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down and try to write a song. You know, go mow the lawn...My songs speak for themselves.

My career is built around a pattern that just keeps repeating itself over and over again. There's nothing surprising about it at all. My changes are as easy to predict as the sun coming up and down.

This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

The devil fools with the best laid plans.

I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature.