"The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune."

"Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music."

"You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses."

"But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find."

"I feel like there's no subject that can't be sung about. I wrote a song dedicated to people with inflammatory bowel disease, and then I wrote about shoes. And mangoes. Every rock should be turned."

"I first got interested in DJing when I was a little kid. I just love music... Music's my passion; it's always been my whole life."

"I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive."

"Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that sentence there, let's get rid of this' - have become commonplace in films and music too."