Documenting one's life in the midst of living it is a strange pursuit.

I was angry at my parents when I had to have brain surgery, that they weren't still around, because no matter how old you are you want you parents when you're going through something like that.

The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.

It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.

I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.

I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children.

It was never too late to undo who you had become.