Kids are great in that they keep you on your toes. They're like a puzzle... in a blender, haha. You have to take the pieces out and try to put it together on the fly.

Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized test scores.

I hate to sound like an old fuddy duddy, but the game has changed.

Teachers literally break down at the thought that if their students have a bad a test day, their job is on the line.

Many people think you shouldn't stop kids from being kids, and I agree, but no one wants the worst case scenario on their hands. Better safe than sorry I say.

Never have one kid in the room with you, and avoid situations that would look suspect to a passerby.

I was taught from a young age that as a teacher, especially a male, you are to never be alone with a female, or even a male student.

These kids know so much these days, and are bigger, stronger and quicker mentally. We just have to find out how to use it for good and not evil.

When you have a great idea, and don't rush it, things can work itself out.

Anytime you have to sacrifice your art, or integrity, it's a bad deal, no matter what they're offering.

If you intend on building a solid career, it's best to not worry about the major label approach. It's a trade-off that most true artists shouldn't have to make.

...you cannot eat every tadpole and frog in the pond, but you can eat the biggest and ugliest one, and that will be enough, at least for the time being.

I think the President ought to bring everybody that's in American uniform back because we're headed for war.

I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors.

We are each an army of one. March forward with your army, never let go of your future and never listen to idiots who tell you ‘no.’

Life is warning you to get rid of an addiction every time you are emotionally uncomfortable in any way.

Other than life experience, nothing left a deeper imprint on my formative self than the movies.

Once I was chased by the king of all scorpions. I have the most notorious animal stories.

In the poem "C," the crows are associated with cancer, because I had suffered a cancer scare.

When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.