At any given time, there might be someone who's eight years old or 80 years old in the audience. Some nights there are a lot of girls in the audience, some nights not. It's so unpredictable, but I like that.

I feel like, as a people, we're sort of stumbling in the dark right now.

I've always thought preaching to the converted is just kind of futile and silly.

If something's bugging my ass on any particular day, I'm probably going to say something about it, but I'm not going to go on a tirade.

I'm more interested in writing about the personal stories of people. Sometimes I don't agree with them.

Racism is a worldwide problem.

I never want to be that guy spouting off my political views. I mean, they're pretty well known, and it certainly comes out. If something's bugging my ass on any particular day, I'm probably going to say something about it, but I'm not going to go on a tirade. I dislike George Bush as much as probably anybody on earth could, but having said that...I've said it, you know? It's not like I'm going to change anybody's mind.