I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

The same thing that makes you live can kill you in the end.

I see a woman in the night with a baby in her hand, under an old street light near a garbage can.

We're very highly evolved, and we should be very responsible for what we've learned.

Pearl Jam is a band I have a lot of respect for. Nirvana and Sonic Youth I feel the same way about. Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Givers, and Foo Fighters are just some of my favorites. I respect bands that give me something of themselves that I can feel. ("Posing" bands turn me off generally speaking.) It all has to do with a feeling I have about them. That is what music is to me, a feeling. It's similar with people too.

The way in which the USA and Great Britain delivered Iraq to the Iraqis, the way and means that this played out, that is the endgame.