My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.

We're Americans. I don't consider us to be evil, I just don't think we know any better. We're a really young culture. We're hillbillies, and the rest of the world sees us that way. I travel all over the world, and probably the only worse rednecks than us are the Australians. And they're an even younger country.

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

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

The reason music became so powerful to our generation is that it's art you can consume in your car, and we were driving around a lot.

It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.