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

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

I make an embarrassing amount of money for a borderline Marxist, just by selling 100,000 records. I don't sell millions of records, and I don't need to.

I'm not going to waste a second feeling sorry for myself because I'm not a bigger star than I am. I can walk down the street in most places in the world and I still drive really nice cars.

When you're really bummed out, the last thing you want to hear is up-tempo and positive. And it lets you know that you're not alone, that somebody has hurt before. It works the same way with chick songs as it does with political songs. When you hear somebody singing about these things, you know that you're not alone, that somebody else is suspicious of what's going on around us in the world. So you don't feel like you're crazy, and you feel like you might be able to make a difference.

I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict.

Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world at some point.