Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.

Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.

I think all of us thought that by the '70s, at the latest the '80s, all the world's problems would be solved and everyone would be getting along fine. And instead we saw that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated that year, Robert F. Kennedy died. We saw that it was going to be a lot more difficult than I think we had thought.

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.

I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

The heart of a city Is the soul of a man It winds like a river Through the heart of the land They can tear down a building They can tear down a park They can strike at a symbol But they can't strike the heart.