I'd breed a little liberal army in the wood, just like these redneck lunatics I see at the local bar with their tribe of mutant inbred piglets.

My God is rock'n'roll. It's an obscure power that can change your life. The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

The currents rage so deep upon us, this is the age of video violence.

When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I used to run around the Village following Ornette Coleman wherever he played.

What could there be more purely bright in truth's day star?

I'd harbored hopes that the intelligence that once inhabited novels or films would ingest rock. I was, perhaps, wrong.

I had started also studying because I wanted to learn more about power and fighting.