Girls Go Wild' was born out of a Joshua Tree excursion with some close friends after coming home from a long bit of touring.

Trying to launch a career as an artist is like trying to run through a crowd holding hands with five people. It's so difficult.

You could have written the biggest hit song, and all eyes are looking to you to write another one. It's not a thankless job; it's just an endless job.

I think I have a different view of what pop is and what can be acceptable in that realm. I feel good about that. I want fans to see that not everything's so black and white with genres.

If the government announced that it was going to allocate a vast tranche of education funding purely to the pupils at the best public schools, there would be a national outcry - and yet this is precisely what the Olympics represents in terms of sports funding.

Money greases the wheel of American democracy and corrupts it all.

There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon.

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.