[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing the party political problems.

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

I am personally saddened and stunned by the tragic events that took place in Red Lake.

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

I think we are starting to get some information that will allow us to get to the bottom of this, and I hope we continue to work on this until we get to the bottom of it.

I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would be wonderful.

The New York Federal Reserve is a tool of the big banks.

The banks run the place.

There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it.

It appears to me that no one has learned a thing; that Wall Street is still operating as if 2008 never happened.

[Rural voters] have a different view of the world than people do in these urban centers.

The flickering candlelight conspired with the silence, and we only interrupted each other’s reading to share a casual delight.

I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.

I won't ever do e-mail.

Marriage is unbelievable, i couldn't be more in love.

Reading music is something that's inherently hateful to me. It makes music like mathematics.

Form is sometimes considered a mere spice added by the artist to the representation of objects in order to make it pleasurable.

Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.

If I can impact an executive and his or her team, I can help to change the culture of an organization.

I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first.

Regardless of your lot in life, you can build something beautiful on it.