Death sanctifies. It's solemn enough to make its own shrine, where it happens.

disrespectful words cannot entirely be eaten, ever. Respect is a kind of Humpty Dumpty. All the king's horses can't put it all the way up again.

A truth is what it is. A lie, a thought out deception more brutal than a truth could ever be.

Coincidence means only a connection that's not seen. Roots meet underground.

School fools a lot of people. Professionally, one thing is not the most that one person can be.

Marriage is traditionally old-school in many respects. It is highly antiquated, and, that being said, beautiful.

It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.

I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive and impolitic.

I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going.

I try to use my music to move these people to act.

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

You have to nourish your creativity for it to flourish.

My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.

Each musical finds its own way.