I watched R.E.M. connect with the back row of a 50,000-seat venue.

Alligator' was the first record that anyone paid attention to, and it seemed like it was the screamy songs that got us that attention.

Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave know best. Although I wear a lot of jeans, I've been told that Nick Cave doesn't own a pair and wouldn't be caught dead in denim.

A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo.

The surest way to return to the people's business is to listen to the people themselves: We need to drop this whole scheme of federally controlled health care, start over, and work together on real reforms at the state level that will contain costs and won't leave America trillions of dollars deeper in debt.

I think the rhythm is like the spine of the piece. If you change that, then the body that forms around it is changed as well.

I love doing a series because you get to see changes in a character and see her grow. It's a journey with change, and you don't get to see that long-term type of development with just a film.

When I left my band, I had to start over from scratch, and that's a scary place to go.