You Can Be Active With The Activists

I Enjoyed So Much Working With The Guys From Wilco, And Riffing Off Of Them, And Having Someone Come Up To Me With Ideas, Because Normally In The Studio It's Me Who Has To Come Up With All The Ideas.

All Musicians Start Out With Ideals But Hanging On To Them In The Face Of Media Scrutiny Takes Real Integrity. Tougher Still Is To Live Up To The Ideals Of Your Dedicated Fans.

[a]s Long As You're Comfortable It Feels Like Freedom.

I Don't Mind Being Labeled As A Political Songwriter. I've Chosen To Do That. What Really Annoys Me Is Being Dismissed As A Political Songwriter. That Really Pains Me, Because Life Isn't All About Love; It's Not All About Politics, Either. It's A Beautiful Mixture Of Events That Absolutely Baffle You, And You Think, "why Can't I Do Something About That?", Whether Those Events Are In Your Bedroom, Or Out There In The Wide World. In Our Daily Lives We Engage With Them At Different Times, And I'm Trying To Write About The Whole Human Experience, Or My Perspective On It Anyway.

I Think If You're Going To Make Political Art, You Have To Engage At Some Level. You Can't Just Write About Politics, You Have To Try And Be Politics As Well.