Music stays in the air. / It travels at the speed of breath / at the sound of light. / It is never not heard. / It can wait centuries if it has to.

Survival is a four letter word.

To change is to be vulnerable. And to be vulnerable is to be alive.

Writers are spies. Outsiders. Believers in the turning pages.

Pain can be washed out with a song. / Pain can become jazz digested and transformed.

A girl is a soul at sunrise.

I don't see what people get from hating other people unless it's a special thing I just ain't hip to.

Politics is a word spelled N-O-W.

Yes I graduated from high school. Welfare. Temporary work, please. What is my problem? I want to eat.

babies ain't cute / hungry.

If Jesus was a bartender, He would still only be half as cool as Carlos.

I have yet to go through a struggle I didn't smile at later.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions they pass no criticisms.

Kelly Clarkson is the most adorable person on the planet. She is just so nice.

Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.

Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal?

Melbourne, I always knew you'd need to learn about this kind of thing. I 'd just kind of hoped you'd learn it on a real guy.

I am a Justin Timberlake fan.

Let your face speak what's in your heart.

The remedy [for the Great Depression] is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce for themselves, not for others, . . . the American way.