If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. ... As a nation, we've been through too many fights to preserve our rights of free thought to let them go just because some prude with a highlighter doesn't approve of them

When it comes to rock music, I'm not much of a player, but I do have entry-level chops. I'm more knowledgeable as a listener, and Revival gave me a way to write about rock and roll without being preachy or boring.

Bird and bear and hare and fish, give my love her fondest wish.

A hurt body and mind aren't just like a dictatorship; they are a dictatorship. There is no tyrant as merciless as pain, no despot so cruel as confusion.

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Everything's a lot tougher when it's for real. That's when you choke. When it's for real.

Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.