The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence

she kissed as if she, alone, could forge the signature of the sun

I'm usually trying to get back into the dream or analyzing the dream. And yeah, the days, most days begin like that.

I used to have weird practices in crowded used-book stores in New York where I'd go in and just stomp my foot and see what fell from the shelf. And of course, because it's an unexpected encounter, there's always some magic that comes from it.

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.

When I look at certain aspects of popular culture - not everything because I like a lot of things - sometimes my heart breaks a little bit, just a little bit. I begin to ponder what happened to this generation, I don't know.

There's so much to be found in literature, especially if you don't have the money to travel or the means to get out of your neighborhood or get off work.