In some ways, I am actually quite optimistic - I believe in the possibility of redemption and forgiveness.

In a novel, the biggest symbiosis exists between plot and character. In a song, it would be the lyrics and the melody.

Music is an indirect force for change

I always quit while I am still inspired, while I could still write more. Never let the thread run all the way out.

I don't isolate too much or make the project my god. This helps a lot with negative ideation.

When you follow your joy, the true essence of your life unfolds.

I had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I'm a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I've lived my life backwards.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

It's all about being happy with your life and having fun. At least that's what works for me.

People in power tend to find poetry dangerous to them because it is dislocating, they can't catch it, can't control it. They prefer coherence, what's blunt and has clarity.

Each day the storm clouds were opening like great purple flowers and pouring out their dark thunder. Each nightfall, the storm was laid down on their houses like a burden the day had carried.

It's fun! Just fun...I don't think of it as a cabaret act per se, I call it more of a gig, if that makes any sense

The kundalini is so strong you must have a strong phsyical body.

I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.

My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.