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

I don't usually read reviews.

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.

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

I do not believe Tony Blair was a fundamentally good man who went bad. I believe he was evil in the first place.

I'm constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make my rent in New York City in the subway, I promise, if I'm forced to.

You make decisions, and that's what separates art from some other pop music. It doesn't mean that you can't make an embarrassing amount of money, for a borderline Marxist, doing something that you love, but it does mean that this huge pool of money that was out there when I started making records in the '80s is gone.