We live in an age lit by lightnin'; after the flash, we're blind again.

I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian - I'm just not interested in that argument.

I want to write songs and play them for people - live.

For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music.

When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild.

People make art on the sides of buildings, and they'll make art on the sides of trains. They'll make art wherever they decide to make art. The technology that people are working with now will be replaced in 10 years, so that's not where your future is, if you're a musician.

I don't hear any of the popular stuff unless it's good 'cause I pay no attention to popular culture, at all.