If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.
Rich people march on Washington every day.
When you're young, you get blamed for crimes that you didn't commit. When you are old, you get credit for virtues that you never had. I guess it all evens out in the end.
The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins.
All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
If you expect to see the final results of your work, you simply have not asked a big enough question.
All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.
[On "John F. Kennedy" set] everybody was very interested in the accent. Even my collaborators were very curious to know if I was even going to do it. And I was, like, "You just can't not do it. " I think everybody was worried that it was going to sound like the guy from. . . is it The Simpsons?
The young people are hungry for God.
Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
I love playing football. I started playing for a school team, which is fun, and I play a lot of five a side. I nowhere near good enough to go professional but it's definitely one of my main hobbies. I play three times a week.