I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.

I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn’t really part of it.

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

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it.