Will there be a time when equality will exist? I think given human nature there will always be conflict.

All you have is your fire And the place you need to reach Don't you ever tame your demons But always keep them on a leash

There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin

The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love.

No masters or kings when the ritual begins [making love] There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene Only then I am human Only then I am clean

The song, to me, is about what it is to be a human, what it is to love someone as a human being, and organizations that would undermine that, and undermine the more natural parts of being a person

Offer me that deathless death Good God, let me give you my life.

When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously they're very personal to me, but it feels easier if I feel like I'm writing characters.

Art and music are the vehicle for the zeitgeist.

I think humans are driven by othering people, by defining themselves by who they are not and who is different from them. Human beings are in love with othering.

I think if more people would understand how simple and what really feminism is, I would imagine that most men I know are feminists without verbalising or saying so.

Don't be so busy missing people who left that you miss the people that are standing right in front of you.

Under the right circumstances, a tiny spark can grow into an inferno that can overcome an entire city. So can an idea.

Be offended by everything or be offended by nothing.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few stupid ideas.

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.

You're frozen when your heart's not open.

[Barack] Obama has betrayed Israel, gutted the military, and apologized on ten world tours.

What I'm doing is a natural wonder. If not, there'd be 150 people behind me on the wire.

I don't think that [thew are bigots] of [Donald Trump] supporters. Those supporters are from my hometown - I understand that suffering. I have written about it repeatedly from my hometown.