A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things.

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.