I danced along a colored wind/ Dangled from a rope of sand

We have a deficit of wonder right now.

Now it's closing time/the music's fading out.

The first time I started listening to Irish music, I had a very strong connection. Strangely enough, there's a great many Japanese melodies and vocal styles that sound very much like Hungarian music. You start seeing all these cross-references and comparative, independent musical cultures.

I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.

She's a shiksa goddess and a trapeze artist, all of that. She can fix the truck...she's outta this world...she's bold, inventive and fearless. That's who you wanna go in the woods with, right? Somebody who finishes your sentences for you.

I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.