Music may be the activity that prepared our pre-human ancestors for speech communication and for the very cognitive, representational flexibility necessary to become humans.

Truth does not sit in a cave and hide like a lie. It wanders around proudly and roars loudly like a lion.

A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom, morality, and humanity.

Give yourself to a great cause, not only your possessions.

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

I think you put art out into the world, and sometimes it's divisive, sometimes it's embraced. Sometimes people cry, laugh or have complicated reactions.

I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs.

Seeing a play, listening to music - you'll always contextualize it in your own way. Whoever you are, wherever you are; I think that's really important.

Without love of the land, conservation lacks meaning or purpose, for only in a deep and inherent feeling for the land can there be dedication in preserving it.

Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!"

Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line.