Somewhere, at some point, somehow, somebody decided that death equals credibility.

Observing someone without context amplifies the experience. The more we know, the less we are able to feel.

The goal of being alive is to figure out what it means to be alive.

I'd ask people to keep in mind the idea that if you really understand something, it's even more important for you to consider the possibility of your wrongness. Even if it takes someone dumber than you to point that out.

If Donald Trump loses badly, it could mean the end of the GOP as one of the two significant parties.

The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who say that are boorish and pretentious at the same time.

Different critics go to different lengths to disagree with that sentiment, but ultimately, they're the person experiencing this art, and whatever judgment or taste they use is internal, and says more about them than about the record they're writing about.