The reason I make art is because I get to make a choice about who I am, what I do, and what I put out into the world, the footsteps I leave behind.

I'm definitely musician and storyteller. But I always like to take an active role in things I care about socially and environmentally.

Art is consumed in so many different ways. You could say people don't stop to appreciate art. On the other hand, people can consume art more quickly.

I'm interested in questions my son asks me, like, "Why do animals fight? Why do you have to leave us to go on the road?" Everything he asks gets me thinking.

I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my identity and why I pursue things I do.

I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The opportunities for an artist today are totally different.

The idea of "making art for art's sake" makes no sense for me. Each area of my life, all the roles I play, influences the others.

Sometimes to submit is to know you have a life worth living for a higher purpose, worth seeing through.

When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren't used to playing with each other because they don't have to.

To call you excrement would be an insult to the product of my bowels.

Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.

It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.

Painting is consequently an almost blind, desperate effort, like that of a person abandoned, helpless, in totally incomprehensible surroundings.

No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.

Don’t compare your path with anybody else’s. Your path is unique to you.

The show is in the casting. Choose the right people.

It's fun to be blond, and it's almost difficult to remember how I used to look with my proper hair color.