I really want to continue what I've already started with found sounds, but start borrowing from my past as well, so that it really spans me growing up.

One of the amazing things about pop is that it's there to make people feel confident and empowered.

The past isn't real because it's history, and the future isn't because it hasn't happened yet. I like it, it hints at virtual reality, which I think is how we sort of feel about life sometimes.

It takes a whole government to really screw up a war. A dollop of American hubris goes a long way too.

We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high as or higher than we are.

Imperialism means raping other nations

He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise.

We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real.

Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.

Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.

It's difficult to tell the truth about how a book begins. The truth, as far as it can be presented to other people, is either wholly banal or too intimate.