The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal...I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things I've been through are serious...The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.

I owe everything to the musicians I work with.

I've been scared and I've liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I'm in my comfort zone.

Now I'm a blithering oaf hanging on to the coatsleeves of commerciality.

Six months go by very quickly when you're a genius.

Dolly Parton's done 'Stairway to Heaven.' Anything's possible.

I like to make my voice sound like a piece of tin that's been stuck on the side of a chair, lifted up as far as it would go and then let to spring - "doooiiinng." I like to make it into a piece of metal from time to time and I can do it, both with the movements in my throat and with, uh, my little toys... So I like to take it beyond just a voice, more into the realms of a weapon.