He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.

It's like The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat, about the discovery of penicillin. Out of these strange accidents come huge discoveries. A certain purple bleeds into red and all of a sudden you have something unexpected.

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

But I'm lost when it comes to you.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

I haven't got time for the pain.