Don't the people you're around shape the music, is that what you're saying? Everything does.

The sickness of the mother runs on through the girl, leaving her small and helpless. Liquor flies through her brain with the force of a gun, leaving her running in circles.

Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right.

But I found tai chi when I was studying with Leung Shum, who teaches Eagle Claw and Wu Hao.

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.

People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.