Sky of blackness and sorrow, sky of love, sky of tears. Sky of glory and sadness, sky of mercy, sky of fear.

In a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay.

It's time to impeach the president and get a man in there to get us out of this mess.

Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield.

Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain't satisfied until he rules everything.

The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.

I don't want to make a record like in the '50s or the '60s or the '70s. I want to make a record like today, that`s right now.