When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.

Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.

The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war.

You must be willing to accept the fact that pain is a part of the process of revelation.

Louis Armstrong, who learned to be in exquisite dress, came from the bottom, and he's not a trash can.

Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music.

The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence.