I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

War is idiocy. We live on a small, small planet, and what we do to others is what we do to ourselves

We are creating a culture where content creators are a new servant class, and paid as such.

I am so sick of reading about another car bomb, another suicide bomber, another 10, 20, 30, 70, 100 people dead in a day, both Americans and Iraqis.

For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything.

I have learned to be steady in my course of love, or fear, or loneliness, rather than impulsive in its wasting, either lyrically or emotionally.

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.