Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way.

I am a big fan of Dos Passos' stylistic ability, his poetic approach to prose, but the ideas presented in the songs are quite different from those which he exemplified.

From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes.

I don't like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song was already written and the guy made up the lyrics in five minutes.

I'm still no good at ball-and-stick games. If I go play golf with the guys, it's intended to be a joke.

I can worship Nature, and that fulfills my need for miracles and beauty. Art gives a spiritual depth to existence -- I can find worlds bigger and deeper than my own in music, paintings, and books. And from my friends and family I receive the highest benediction, emotional contact, and personal affirmation. I can bow before the works of Man, from buildings to babies, and that fulfills my need for wonder. I can believe in the sanctity of Life, and that becomes the Revealed Word, to live my life as I believe it should be, not as I'm told to by self-appointed guides.

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.