George Zimmerman is a foot soldier in a rapidly privatizing country. He is a new centurion of 21st-century America. Law enforcement is tied down by the strictures of, well, the law. There is only 'so much they can do' to take care of the 'problem.'

Music, to me, is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.

The world's a better place since I chose music.

To hate is to show you still care, who needs that, focus on what's really important.

It is our destiny to be born beautiful into an ugly age.

There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful.

A man came up to me the other day and said he hadn't had a bite in weeks. So you know what I did? I walked by him like he didn't even exist.