There are people who are like monkeys in a cage just hitting the coke button. They don't really get that for [musicians and artists] to do these things, they have to fund them. They have to have something to pay the rent.

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.

A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

Standing above the crowd, He had a voice so strong and loud And I swallowed his façade 'cause I'm so Eager to identify with Someone above the ground, Someone who seemed to feel the same, Someone prepared to lead the way, with Someone who would die for me.