"Being a physicist, my father was a great believer in progress, but he also loved nature. He was a photographer, and outside of taking the occasional family photographs, all he did was photograph nature. He loved birds. That meant a lot to me growing up. Healthy progress also means we have to be concerned for the environment. That may have something to do with what I believe about farming."

“That's the magic of this band: shooting from the hip. The lights have to follow our cues, because we're not going to follow their cues. We're not going to stick to a song the way it's supposed to be. Everything is up to us. That's music to me. That's American music. We're an American band.”

“Our good friend LeRoi Moore passed on and gave up his ghost today, and we will miss him forever.”

“Look, here are we on this starry night staring into space, and I must say I feel as small as dust lying down here.”

“Hey my love do you believe that we might last a thousand years or more if not for this?”

“Turns out not where, but who you're with, that really matters.”

“I'm not going to change my ways just to please you, or appease you.”