America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority.

I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless.

Scott Asheton was a brilliant drummer, a natural musician.

I know that collector types can be a pain in the neck and seem perpetually frozen in time - or at least in their parents' basement - but someone has to look out for the past, lest it slip away forever.

I recycle and try to be nice to the earth. But flora and fauna have always interested me, and it is because of so many years of summer camp and growing up in DC with Rock Creek Park fairly near me, or Glover Park; I lived in Glover Park for a while and that park was in my backyard.

If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene.