I think it's important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a time that had magic.

Look at Obama - he is now [2015] trying to help us environmentally but he should have done it eight years ago. He's trying to salvage his legacy and trying to do something good but we needed for him to show leadership from day one.

After writing all day I go for a walk and see a piece of architecture i want to photograph and i have to take a picture and later a poem comes in my mind.

People need space to air out their thoughts, to have a sense of themselves - unfettered by anything.

Finally, by the sea, where God is everywhere, I gradually calmed.

I can't bear working with a click track, we're not click track people. But for "Mercy Is ..." we all got in one mind because the song is delicate; it's not a song that showcases a vocal or some virtuoso.

I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.