Up until about a hundred years ago, the world was dark at night. You got to have a real night so you could sleep.

Rampant eclecticism is my middle name.

I wish I had as much in bed as I get in the newspapers.

Story is what's most important.

People don't realize that by voting Republican, they voted against themselves....I worry that some people are entertained by the idea of this war. They don't know anything about the Iraqis, but they're angry and frustrated in their own lives. It's like Germany, before Hitler took over. The economy was bad and people felt kicked around. They looked for a scapegoat. Now we've got a new bunch of Hitlers.

Time washes clean, love's wounds unseen.

Music should be an elective experience. You should go, "I'm going to sit down and listen to some Beethoven, by God," and then you get to hear it.