I got three letters today telling me that I'm god. Why can't I pay the rent?

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

Punk-rock gave music back to people. For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16 and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that. Me and [Minor Threat and Fugazi vocalist] Ian MacKaye would go to these concerts, and it was fun.

For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago.

Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.

I don't believe it mattered to Timothy McVeigh who was president or who his congressional representative was when he blew up the Murrah Building in 1995.

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.