As I stepped to the stage to pick up my degree, and the locusts sang off in the distance.

Some are masters of illusions, some are ministers of trade, all under the same delusion, all their beds unmade.

Shakespeare's last play was called The Tempest. It wasn't called just plain Tempest. The name of my record is just plain Tempest. It's two different titles.

There's only one day at a time here, then it's tonight and then tomorrow will be today again.

All right, I'll take a chance. I will fall in love with you. If i'm a fool you can have the night, you can have the morning too. Can you cook and sew. make flowers grow. Do you understand my pain? Are you willing to risk it all or is your love in vain?

The land of milk and honey, they say it is the land of money.

It's like going out to the desert and screaming and then having little kids throw their sandbox at you. I'm only 24.