My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.

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

What saves me from being a drug addict is sort of the opposite. It's me realizing that I don't really control anything.

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

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

I just had a child on purpose at age 56, I'm pretty f---ing optimistic.

When I write something simple I'm always really proud of it. When you write something that simple with that much air in it and the whole premise behind it is something pretty obvious - that everybody wants to be happy and free - the song is sort of an exercise in not forgetting that's what you really want and what you really need. We can get caught up in a lot of other stuff.