With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, often very productively, within the parameters.

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying.

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.

As everything becomes digitized, there's the idea that things that can't be digitized become more valuable.

The more you know, the more you know you don't know and the more you know that you don't know.

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.