What you do for yourself is one thing. What you do for others is something else entirely.

I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.

I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good.

You can't get your head around something if you're yelling.

The public library system of the United States is worth preserving.

You are the untold story. You are the impassioned truth wanting to scream its existence, to be forever trapped by a strong hand clapped firmly over the mouth of my soul.

When I am in Africa, I always have the feeling that it's where everything started. When I am in New York, I know it is where everything ended up.