The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It's like George Clinton and Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company.

Wherever the music comes from, if there is no focus behind it then it's just noise

If we could follow the slogan that says, "Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation.

The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and optimism which found instant expression through SHOPPING.

How can you possibly reconcile the great inequities of gender – coupled with the perversions of age and the randomness of everything?

After school, I'd wait for someone to pick me up and no one would, so I'd be like, 'I guess I'll walk home.' I had to be a hustler, because nobody did anything for me.

The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn't understand and couldn't afford.

If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with myself at all times.

My last kids were born when I was in my forties, so I still had little kids around me, which gave me the illusion of feeling younger.

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

The cradles of civilization are the putrid sinks of the world.

The Lord doesn't give a person more than he knows they can bear.