There is one solution to all of our problems: Teaching our kids clarity of thought and political representation in democracy. That's it.

I believe that a nation that allows music to be expendable is in danger of becoming expendable itself.

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.

It's fun to see the light in someone's eyes. It's fun to give your own eccentric experience and have it land. That's fun.

Part of me is still waiting to grow up, to be an adult, and the other part knows there is no such thing.

Civics is not only how to run the country before it's your turn to run the country; it is, in fact, the study of power, practical political power. And you must start that process at an age level when kids' brains are still open and malleable.

Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should.