The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.

The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies.

If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention.

The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth

Many claim that it is insane to resist the system; but actually, it is insane not to.

The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.

Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no one.

I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.

Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.

If the Constitution can be used against one, it can be used against all.

Progress has a steep price. Success has an even steeper price. Your team won't be willing to pay it if you aren't willing to pay it.

Love what you do and do what you love, otherwise you will become unhappy and self-defeating.

I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.

Only the believers pick up the prizes in life.

I'm very aware of what you're talking about as I was involved with the radio in Africa in the same period as I was doing Concrete - I was doing both at the same time.

Christ is the sun, and all the watches of our lives should be set by the dial of his motion.

Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.

I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies.

Wine is the divine juice of September.

Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.