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The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.

The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It's 'Nightline.'

My dad has a lot of foresight and decided that I would not do any shows in Mumbai till I became a singer and got to sing my own songs. He knew that if I started earning money from shows, I would not have the time and aggression to rough it out to become a singer.

I used to judge the quality of music by whether I could make a 90-minute cassette and not repeat any artists.

I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

I cut an imposing figure. I am large, and I'm tall, and I have tattoos. I am actually really quiet and shy, but maybe people see me, and they don't want to step out of line, or equate disagreement with stepping out of line with a writer they like.

Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time.

When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time.

As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.

If some nation says to us, 'You can have aid, but you have to end confrontation,' then I say, 'Go to hell with your aid.'

We need elected officials who overcome partisan politics to really help people.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

My mother told me, 'Son, nobody else but God knows.' And that's what I'm about - reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That's what I do.

All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.

The gulf between Virginia and Maryland isn't only a function of geography. It's also sociological. Indeed, it's probably not much of an exaggeration to say that Maryland suburbanites and Virginia suburbanites constitute two mutually hostile tribes.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

I missed a whole cycle of childhood, but I've never used it as a device for self-pity.

I don't do heavy weights at all.

I was in awe of my father. His generosity was beyond anything I ever could imagine. The reason I say he's like Don Corleone is he was always breaking off hundreds. I'd be like, 'Hey Dad, I'm going to McDonald's with my friends,' and he'd just whip out a hundred: 'Here, go, have fun.'

I feel like 'Nashville' can go on indefinitely.