I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally there are exceptions... the Jewish Italian and Irish humor of the East Coast.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources which must be preserved at all cost.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic so that came naturally to me.

I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural no interventions. Wish me luck.

I had in mind a message although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly persuading Americans and especially Southerners of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope.

I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure because I am a naturally introverted person and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk but I spend a lot of my days not talking especially when I'm at home and not on tour.

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.

Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact as of the writing of this column millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days.

If I had a choice as to my perfect career I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.