August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer.

If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism.

I am a pretty crazy person, so it's best for me to be on my own most of the time.

Technically speaking, there is no music whatsoever on a CD. Lots of information, but no music.

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

I will never say the things that I want to say to you. I know the damage it would do. I love you more than I hate my loneliness and pain.

Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.