I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.

She touches me The jungle lights up with incinerating fire Looks like a flaming serpent I look into her eyes I see a movie flickering Car crashes People kicking corpses Men ripping their tracheas out and shaking them at the sky I think to myself: I don’t want to survive this one I want to burn up in the wreckage Cooking flesh in the jungle

I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time.

The reality is that we are going to have problems with water in this century. And the fact that we are going to have problems with fossil fuel is a given.

When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.

if i was a woman these days, i'd be killing motherfuckers. my handgun would never cool and my hands would be covered in testicular blood. i would have a horrible reputation with a lot of men because i would be calling them on their weak bullshit left and right.

Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me.