This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.

I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

It's more about the stuff you think about when you're getting from place to place on a bicycle than it is about actually riding the bicycle.

Something about music urges us to engage with its larger context, beyond the piece of plastic it came on-it seems to be part of our genetic makeup that we can be so deeply moved by this art form. Music resonates in so many parts of the brain that we can't conceive of it being an isolated thing.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.