And believe it or not, a new record from Philly's greatest, the Roots. It's kind of bitter sweet, to be honest. Well, maybe not so bitter. It's called "Rising Down."

The great appeal of baseball, among the great appeals, it's a game without time. It is a pastoral game that is separated from time.

The only single guy driving a minivan is a guy whose mother bought the van 16 years ago...

The lie is, even if you do work out, you'll never look like Madonna. That's the lie.

I guess that's the major difference between '80s-club Madonna and today's Madonna is she can get anyone she wants to show up in the studio for her.

Turkey's great if you're one of those people who can't sleep on planes because when the tryptophan kicks in, it's no problem.

Friday means popcorn and multiplexes, speaking of movies, and it is the multi that is the problem. So many movie screens. The struggle of what to put on them.

I’m the one who requires a nice scratch behind my ears, and then I’ll tap my toe, and that’ll be fine.

A magician may step out without a purse, but he should never step out without a pack of playing cards.

There comes a moment in each of our lives when the control that keeps us sane slips through our fingers. Most of us aim to seize it back. The best way to fight chaos is with chaos.

A man and a woman marry because both of them don't know what to do with themselves.

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.

Grace is the understanding that God is a better savior than you are a sinner.

I had some people say to me, you don't - you wouldn't give air time to a holocaust denier. Why bother covering if [Donald Trump] tweet is totally crazy?

The health of the eye demands a horizon.

That's what I mean by this sense of erasure. You're inside some event or spectacle and you know you're complicit in it, but there really is no external.

Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.