"Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs"

"Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live."

"I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really funky drum beat that is programmed then it comes in to the chorus; you've got that enormous human feel where the band kicks in."

"I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present."

"I can always live by my pen."

"I have learnt how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch."