There was a lot of distance between the Dar of The Honesty Room and the Dar of Mortal City, so there was no attempt.

But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.

There was one tour where I thought, "If I can't get this feeling back of being excited to be on the stage, then I will quit." Because I have friends who have dialed it in and I watch their concerts and shake my head. I'm sure the audience can tell, too.

There's tons of anger and angst and peculiarity and eccentricity, and good towns know that that's okay. But towns that are kind of bullshit don't know what to do with all those feelings.

Why wouldn't you want to be the envy of your neighbors by being so good and so generous and so smart in how you use the power that you obviously have? That's my patriotism.

The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler.

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.