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" I don't think everything is going to get peachy ever. But I think we have to fight for what we believe in. "

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" We look to our leaders once we elect them to either lead us in the right direction or at least not crush us. "

" There's war - there's always been war, as long as most of us have been alive. There have always been people being abused, there's always been horrible things in the world. Why are we outraged? We should just be quiet and figure it out, and work it out together. "

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" How could I have been anyone other than me? "

" I do still get shocked every once in a while when I catch my reflection when I'm walking past a glass building, but it's in my mind about getting older and finding out what I'm going to look like as it unfolds - or as it folds, depending on where the marks and scars land. "

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" There's a freedom to being young that is harder to come by as time goes on. "

" I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words. "

" I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. "

" I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally. "

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" I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make. "

" I never went to college - I barely got out of high school. "

" Nothing is black or white, nothing's 'us or them.' But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope. "

" Being able to scream at the top of my lungs in front of people is very therapeutic. It is a great gift for me to be able to do that. "

" So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us. Because the planet doesn't need to be saved. It doesn't care if all the squirrels, elephants, and trees die and there's just a couple of amoebas floating around at the poles. "

" I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream. "

" A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other... maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever. "

" If I find something I like, I'll chase it and see what comes out the other side. Once a song gets momentum and gets away from you, that's a good sign. "

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" I've never been much of a craftsman, in an educated way. But I think just the experience of writing makes the avenues I follow a little more efficient in some ways. At the same time, when you're young, you're a little more fearless, and there's less of an internal critic. "