Deeper than temperature and the extinction of the polar bear is the idea that we all share this beautiful, ailing planet, Democrats and Republicans alike.

When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.

I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business.

I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting.

Once over there [Balkans], I felt extremely patriotic. Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace. I don't ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music.

If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.