Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled Down through the long loneliness of the world Until we behold the pain, become the pearl

You have to grow up, start paying the rent and have your heart broken before you understand country.

It's just a sound, and a feeling that's in the music. And you either hear it and appreciate it, or you don't.

I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.

Patriotism can be good or bad. Knee-jerk patriotism can be very bad. I'm patriotic almost to the point of self-consciousness, but I love my country the way I love a friend or a child who I would correct if she was going the wrong way. Who I expect the very best from.

You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way.

I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us.