Often thoughts are given to me with the sole purpose of giving them away.

Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best friend. Rather limited scope.

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.

I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.