Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.

I'm respected, I'm still working, what more could I ask?

I didn't have any great job prospects.

Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.

I think we are dying in America, I think our democracy is over.

I think I have to work to write a happy song. I write them carefully; they're simple and they're about when it's fun to walk down the street. You know? Because that's the best thing about when you're happy. It's just one little thing that makes you happy, and you're making friends. The kind of thing I can do is capture this moment.

You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game.