It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

Sometimes what I'm writing is more important to me than the rest of my life. It's more important to me that I'm writing well than anything else.

I'd like to explain why you fine young men had to be blown apart to defend this mud hole.

Writers have always liked my stuff, pretty much. That's what I wanted - I think my goal wasn't to get rich and famous, necessarily, though I cared about that. I always thought, "Oh, this could be a hit," or "that will sell records." But the first thing I wanted was that people who knew a lot about music, or had taste-making qualities, they would like my stuff. Writers, people like that.

This is the Republican Party who has run against Russia for 80 years and you know, (Trump) hasn't mentioned (Putin) except in a positive way.

There's a million white people better qualified than a black man to be president of America.

It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.