Mother Goose is on the loose, stealing lines from Lenny Bruce.

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.

And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.

It's always the old to lead us to the war. It's always the young to fall.

Love is a rainbow curving down from the sky, falling crystals of color, shades of warm that never die.

The truest protest is beauty.

Now, my novel begins. No, now I begin my novel—and yet I cannot decide whether to call myself I or she.

The golden sunshine of Italy congealed into tears. Here's to alcoholic brotherhood ... much more suited to the frail human soul, if any, than any other sort.

When I hit the skins they all say, 'Damn Kane... You knock out the Bush like a presidential campaign!'

If you don't work very hard, it is extremely unlikely that you will be a good trader.

We live in an extraordinary time

Well-coached teams are never surprised; they can adapt to anything they see.

When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.

I rely on music heavily, just in life and in my work.

On played the Mayor's daughters in Horton Hears a Who: I had never done animation, so I thought it would be cool to try something different.

Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor.