One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad playing the piano And see your other dad wearing glasses Hope that you will want to stay for a while Don't worry I know you'll have to go

The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.

Life is the longest death in California.

Climate change has always been sort of my main focus. I think also with [what happened in Fukushima, Japan] there's still a lot to think about in terms of what's coming down the pike into the world's oceans, too.

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider. For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust. I've been hanging out a bit with Lou Reed, and he's the complete opposite. He's into technology and is kind of like a toddler, compared to me, who's like an old 19th-century widow or something.

I believe in freedom Freedom's apparently all I need But who's ever been free in this world? Who has never had to bleed in this world?