Our leaders and Osama Bin Laden all claim to do the right thing in the name of God. I question that. I wonder if that God is worth the life of another human-being.

I think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails.

Your yes means nothing if you can't say no.

I'm always tryin' to do something new, tryin' to look like a beginner.

Not to be a Bible-thumper, but there really is nothing new under the sun.

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.

Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.