Maybe when we die, the first thing we'll say is 'I know this feeling. I was here before'.

The genius of rock music is that it matched the cultural hysteria around it.

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

In cities no one notices specific dying. Dying is a quality of the air. It's everywhere and nowhere.

He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful.

[I]n the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape. 
He is either on a horse or driving a car, depending, and either way he’s carrying a gun. 
This is one of the essential images in American mythology.

Look past the violence. There is a wonderful brimming spirit of innocence and fun.