Most surprising is probably that I thought I had experienced most of the low points life has to offer... but you reach new lows when you are hungover….

How weightless/ words are when nothing will do..

I get recognized a lot now. It's great..

You are richer for doing things..

I was rescued from being a greaser by music..

I need someone who always wants more out of life. Like me - I'm just that way..

You don't have to rush to do anything..

You're not going to learn how to do it until you do it..

I take things too seriously..

The things we fear about poetry are the things that are good about poetry..

I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single ….

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on..

I have this thing that, once I finish a movie, I never see it again..

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up..

What we see is not always what exists..

You do not get power so that you can go out and do things, you go out and do things and you will get the power.

America was built on her citizens..

It’s just this sense that you got something to say..

...friendship is something you do..

As we interpret ourselves differently, we also live ourselves differently..

The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me..