Only as strong as our love for this land, only as tall as we stand.

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.

You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like.

The greater are our affections the deeper are our afflictions, and the more we love the more we have to weep.

During my life I have heard many sermons on the Resurrection. I can recite the events of that first Easter Sunday. I have marked in my scriptures passages regarding the Resurrection.

When in doubt, just throw your hair in a topknot

Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact.

There is no more embarrassing thing in my life than the fact that I have actually uttered the phrase, 'I would like to order the Ginsu Knife.'

I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

There is some danger lest there be no real religion in the heart which craves too much daily sympathy.

Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.