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

Part of it is, I think, just to let people know you've got a record out there and that you're still alive requires more work than it used to, because the traditional radio, bug chains of record stores, all of that, that doesn't exist anymore.

The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a lie, but criminally negligent. You lie to victims' families when you tell them they're going to receive closure if they participate in the process and witness the execution of a human being.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs.

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.

The stupidest thing that a writer can do is write a memoir I think, unless it's right before you die -- maybe.