I think marriage is a boring and fault-ridden contractual obligation.

I beg young people to travel.

There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed.

Guns are part of the American identity.

In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.

While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline.

Anywhere you hang yourself is home.