I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot.

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion, too.

I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.

Politics and music don't necessarily go hand in hand. They just do for me.

I don't spend a lot of time feeling sorry for myself, trying to compare how many records I've sold or how much money I've made.

Becoming interested in poetics got me interested in theater. Theater is supposed to be poetry, you know, before it's anything else. It just doesn't fly if it isn't musical.

I was born on this mountain, this mountains my home, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe.