(on Free Trade and food politics)
-It'll be nice if human rights would focus more on the consumer processes we all go through. You see that stuff around. It's family, it's everyday people. It's definitely out there and affecting people. I'm seeing organic food at the store, they've got organic produce atRalph's, for chrissakes. It's not just at like, the weird co-op place.
-See, now you're calling the co-op place weird, you can't do that! Especially in San Francisco.
-No, Im just calling you weird.
(On, er, clowns.)
Journalist - "Hi there, I'm from the Daily Cal and I was just wondering..."
-The what?
-The Daily Cal.
-Oh. I thought you said the Daily Clown and I got really excited. Clowns need their own newspaper.
(On how they've managed to stay together so long as a band)
-It's amazing.
-Adam is holding me back. (laughter)
-I've definitely thought about quitting often. (laughter)
-Yeah, and he has a lot of big offers on the table.
-They're all from Creed
-I thought that guy was a reborn Christian?
-He is, but he keeps going to rehab which must be misleading.
-I heard that Avril Lavigne wanted to use you for something..
-Yeah, I was going to take her name, she was going to take mine and I would sing all her songs.
(On working with other people)
-Collaborations? Oh, I don't know. The dude with the leather pants,he could blow us up or something.
-What guy? A clown? Clowns again?
-No, a magician. Clowns scare me. Oh, what's his name, Criss Angel.
-Although it must really suck to be a magician because everyone harasses you. You know,he went to some awards show and he roars in on this motorcycle and security's all like, ‘You can't park that here.' (beat) ‘You'll just have to make it disappear.'
(On debating which are the craziest US towns to play)
-I'd say SF, Philly and Boston.
-Really? You'd say Philly?
-Dude, Philly is where they booed the Tibetan monks. Philly is a tough crowd.
(on the Knicks versus the Warriors)
-Okay, it's very clear and its easy for you to say that the Golden State Warriors have a much more brighter and promising career than the Knicks. Okay? Happy? Do you have any more sports questions for us? Maybe something about tennis?
(On labeling music into genres)
-It helps at the record store.
-Yeah, they have our new record in the hip hop section, then an older one in the pop section.
-How do you say where one starts and where a genre ends? Because I have all my CDs in alphabetical order, but my records I categorize by genre. Like Elvis Costello, he's in my new wave section but he could be in the rock section. Where does rock end and new wave begin?
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