I think that humans have a huge capacity to carry pain and sadness. There are things that haunt us our entire lives; we are unable to let them go. The good times seem almost effervescent and dreamlike in comparison with the times that didn't go so well.

I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.

I'm a professional food eater.

What you do for yourself is one thing. What you do for others is something else entirely.

You can't right the wrongs because you'll never understand the cause and you'll be too busy dodging the effect.

One person's disaster is another person's talking point.

Texas is as odd as it is vast.