All the songs that were written for that album are just all our first sophomore songs. So they're all from real life. Very sweet and very innocent.

I'm a little bit more unusual so I consider myself as the black sheep.

I like The White Stripes and I like the kinda twang American thing right now.

Life can be dangerous; just let it be! When we shake off what we perceive as boundaries, that is where the bliss really is.

Artists make art. Singers sing. Players play. Gypsies travel. Music lights fires everywhere. It's like oxygen!

You have to also provide a video for it, look a certain way and big hair... If you're a woman it's even more strange with fake fingernails and corsets and all this stuff that was big in the 80s.

This is such a cynical world. The way the world is, there's so much going on and so much stress in the world and so much darkness and craziness and imbalance.

I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous.

If you want to help the poor, don't be poor

Getting out and staying out of debt is key. debt is the biggest barrier, a parasite to wealth.

Led Zeppelin, you can't find a better band to pay homage to.

Life is serious, motherhood should be fun.

Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow... creation of new wilderness in the full sense of the word is impossible.

I believe in giving people a second chance.

Waiting is part of writing. When I write the word 'waiting' by hand it even looks like 'writing.'

Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.

People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.

If we had known there was biting in soccer, we would have started watching years ago.

Women like this kind of rebel image in men because there's a thrill in it, especially for those who are tired and burdened with their lives.

I believe that eclecticism is a virtue. It may not be a word, but its definitely a virtue.