New Orleans is a unique environment.

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

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.

I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.

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

I've been on every interstate highway in the lower forty-eight states by now and I never get tired of the view.

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.