The only 'anti-fascist' song that makes any sense to me is the Beatles' 'Love Is All You Need', because, quite simply, it's true.

If we want to see an end to personal and global conflict, then love is the only real answer.

Fascism is meaningless because it's so completely indefinable, so where does the 'anti' come into the equation?

Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

My friends, there are no friends.

I'm busy communicating ideas.... I want you to know what I'm thinking. If you feel a connection, good. If you don't, fine.

I learned that I had to work triply hard every time I started a new job in a newsroom to prove my value and worth.

Remember that a good example is the best sermon.

Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.

I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on.

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

It just gripes me hollow, the way God always sneaks in to take the credit.

I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.