Every so often, I catch the odd blog posting or review, and there’s always someone saying, `I don’t understand why this band is so big now.’ And it’s always so funny to me because, I think, we are the most surprised as to how big our band has gotten, more than anyone else could possibly be. Even the snarkiest hater blogger could never be more surprised at the success of the band than we are.

So like, right now for example. The Haitians need to come to America. But some people are all, “What about the strain on our resources?” Well it’s like when I had this garden party for my father’s birthday, right? I put R.S.V.P. ‘cause it was a sit-down dinner. But some people came that like did not R.S.V.P. I was like totally buggin’. I had to haul ass to the kitchen, redistribute the food, and squish in extra place settings. But by the end of the day it was, like, the more the merrier. And so if the government could just get to the kitchen, rearrange some things, we could certainly party with the Haitians. And in conclusion may I please remind you it does not say R.S.V.P. on the Statue of Liberty. Thank you.

It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.