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" In so many areas of life, I'm a spaz and incompetent. "

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" The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political. "

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" For me, in songwriting, I have a route I can take. Maybe there's some forks, I can go this way, this way. But I know those roads. I still have the experience behind me. "

" The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be. "

" 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 think I'm probably a very sad man wrapped in a very joyful package, and I think I'm very resilient, and I think I'm quite generous, sometimes to a fault. And I'm very bad with money, but I don't see that too much of a flaw. "

" We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending we're in a... bedroom. We'll hang off the edge of the bed, take off our shoes and get naked! "

" The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master. "

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

" 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. "

" When I write the set, I try to create something that will not only be interesting for the audience, but will have a flow for the band, too, so we don't get boring. "

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

" I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find. "

" I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That's the only way we'll find solutions. "

" When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it back to my community in some way. "

" You wear nothing but you wear it so well. "

" A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me. "

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" I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been. "

" 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. "

" I think I am a very kind person. I think I'm joyful, but I could be kinder and I could be more joyful. I do believe peace is a state of grace, and not the absence of violence. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything. "

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