Enthusiasm — real grassroots enthusiasm — trumps money, trumps endorsements, trumps everything.

I love going to the river not only to enjoy nature, but to think about the Los Angeles River's place in our city's history and to envision its great place in our future.

I don't try to explain or justify my actions. I simply do what I do.

Out here in Amish. Smokin big doinks in Amish. Gang.

Nepotism is the lowest and least imaginative form of corruption.

Writing lyrics with your wife does lead to talking about yourselves a lot. But this is not an autobiographical account of my personal marriage. It's almost about the marriage of the band.

Accept certain inalienable truths.

I have no idea how people function without near-constant internal chaos. I'd lose my mind.

The only training for the heroic is the mundane.

People you don't love can't hurt you.

I wanted to do something not just commercial but also covetable.

I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place finishes left behind.