My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.

I wish I was as sure about things as Bill Monroe was sure about things.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up.

I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word processor and a guitar.

I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.

My therapist says that I choose women that I couldn't possibly succeed in a relationship with because I really want to be alone. Which sounds complicated and convoluted to me, but I don't know. Maybe she's right. There's a part of me that wants that.