The impossibility and hypocrisy of a situation where kids are expected to be honest but are judged and alienated from their community because of it should not escape us.

I grew up in the South and once you get raised on Jesus, it is kind of always a part of you even if you are a pagan, really.

It's all right if things don't change today. We're gonna keep doing what we do. The world can either catch up or not.

I think the musicians I play with solo do a certain thing that the musicians we play with with the Indigo Girls don't do. It's just a different thing. And it sort of steers my writing in some ways.

Music is such a good way to resist. It keep you strong, it has dignity.

Your hatred is rooted in your fear, and your paranoia and insecurities, well they don't belong here.

When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative.

I mean, I really, really love playing solo. Definitely, it's like a labor of love, it's not a huge career. It's not that successful, but it's something I love so much that I'll do it regardless.

It's important to have a voice; it's more important to use it.

Tolerance ain't the same as acceptance, even though we all wish it was.

I do think within any job you do, you have a chance to serve the community.

Our willingness to suffer for the sake of the perception of freedom is remarkable.

Create a massive drawing of what God has promised you.

For happiness don't pursue satisfaction, but pursue heroism.

What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors.

Topography is one of my chief themes in my poetry, about the country, the suburbs and the seaside. Then there comes love... and increasingly; the fear of death.

Modern man lives increasingly in the future and neglects the present.

The canker has so eaten into the society that in many cases the only meaning of education is a knowledge of English.

When I was younger and in primary school, I'd do maybe a film a year, and I had to adapt to being away from everyone for a couple of months.

Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.

When I've met people that work in any walk of life they say, "If it wasn't for punk I wouldn't be doing it this way." I think spiritually, it did change the world a lot.