What others call magic realism is normal and an everyday thing to me.

Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.

My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.

For me, love is the most important force. It moves the universe.