I just try to work with what I'm given and make it the best I can.

I dont really enjoy watching reality TV.

It's not pain. It's raw material.

What are all the thoughts rattling in your mind when you're not listening to the answers to questions you ask?" -Jo, Boom

Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it.

What is time for if not to bless?

Jazz is America's classical music.

Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts.

Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite.

Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.

The bigger the audience, the better with comedy.

Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.