There are so many people I love in the United States, and I've had such great adventures in this country and have been so well received by people here.

Music itself isn't enough to completely wear down my stash of anger. And I don't have all that much more to be angry about than anyone else. It's not like I was abused as a kid or anything. I had a pretty comfortable childhood with parents who took good care of me. But resentment exists, and some of it goes into the music. Some of it goes into physical activity.

Abu Ghraib, as bad as it was, can't be compared to what Saddam was doing to people.

And I'm wondering where the lions are.

Resisting the powers that be, we are keeping things from getting worse than they otherwise might be. And that effort is very much worthwhile.

Little round planet in a big universe, sometimes it looks blessed, sometimes it looks cursed. Depends what you look at obviously, but even more it depends on the way that you see.

Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same.