If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty.

No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you.

I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.

It's like a lot of kids; when you tell them someone's died, they laugh.

I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.

I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.

People think once you get famous and rich you move out of the public sphere and you have nothing left to write about. I've heard that - Bruce Springsteen was this real street boy, now he's got this big house. How does that compute? If you don't look at the material side of someone's life, if you look at more the emotional side, there's always a wealth of stuff to write about.