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" My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys who could barely play three chords. They dabbled in reggae, punk, rap, jazz. They came to a sound that could only be defined as The Clash. It was impossible to say what it was. I admire them for that. "

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" I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people, especially with music that has a message to it. "

" I really encourage people to travel so we can see how the rest of the world views our country. That's really important. Secondly, as artists, activists, and citizens who vote, we have to begin to vote from our heart. "

" To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up. "

" San Francisco has always been a haven for misfits and weirdos. I'm both of those, which is why I came here. "

" I hope I inspire people to dream bigger than what they are living, but a dream within their reach. "

" It really is a strange time we're living in, when saying 'Don't kill people' is considered a radical point of view. "

" Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose. "

" Our country was founded on immigration. We are all occupying Native American land here. At what point do we say 'It's our land, and nobody else can come here.' "

" Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form. "

" Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty for good. "

" When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music. "

" Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human. "

" I drive a hybrid. It's a Ford Escape. That's my only car. "

" The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change. "

" All my songs are different, but from the overall experience, I want people to sense that they can overcome and move through difficult times and find strength in my music. Maybe it's a song that makes them cry and move through something else. "

" I'd play music on the street, especially in developing nations where a lot of kids couldn't wear shoes. In order to relate with kids that would be following me barefoot, I would take off my shoes, and they would all laugh at me because I couldn't go three steps without wincing. "

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" There are so many things to be worried about, and I wanted to make a record that people could put on, and it would lift them up the way the sun did for me each day. "

" Bonnaroo has kind of become the granddaddy of all American festivals. The thing I love about it most is that it wasn't born out of picking the top ten bands off the Billboard chart and creating a festival around it. "

" We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace. "

" The world can't have a global solution to climate change with U.S. action alone; and the world can't have a global solution without U.S. action. "

" I have moments all the time when I play. "

" I always identified with that feeling of being an underdog. So I always was looking to connect with and meet people from other cultures, to experience people living a different life that I am. "

" I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went to the West Bank and Gaza Strip because I wanted to see what three generations of occupation had done to Palestinian society. I found a lot more hopelessness and despair in Palestine. "

" I have a desire that I want to make people feel happy through my music. I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself. "

" After a show, I'll get the 16-year-old white kid whose lip is pierced, his head is shaved and his parents hate him, and the young gangster from the screwed-up 'hood, and they say that now they realize there's someone out there who thinks like they do. "

" Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all us kids had to be in the church choir. "

" Many kids in foster homes have a lot of emotions that are hard to get out. It's important to let them know they can make a difference in the community. "

" My usual day is I get up around 11 o'clock and do yoga and then eat afterwards. Then I have sound check and play soccer and do running with the guys in the band after sound check, and then do the show and eat dinner after the show and usually get to bed around 3 o'clock by the time we get everybody on the bus and get rolling. "

" During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come. "