I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb.

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up.

It's not about saving humanity. It never has been." Mantrella, THE WAKING GOD TRILOGY

One thing is needful

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.

The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything.

I have no television to go on so I get a lot of writing done. That's my substitute for television.

If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.

I wanted to make a lot of good pitches.