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.

Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.

This old world keeps spinnin’ round; It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t layin’ 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.

In the fields of opportunity it's plowing time again.

I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.

Some get stoned, some get strange, but sooner or later it all gets real.