When the Ngdanga tribe of West Africa hold their moon love ceremonies, the men of the tribe bang their heads on sacred trees until they get a nose bleed, which usually cures them of that.

If forced to travel on an airplane, try and get in the cabin with the Captain, so you can keep an eye on him and nudge him if he falls asleep or point out any mountains looming up ahead.

America was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci and was named after him, until people got tired of living in a place called "Vespuccia" and changed its name to "America"

If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house.

Invite them all in. Nip out the back door. Phone the police and tell them your house is being burgled.

The people of Halifax also invented the harmonium, a device for castrating pigs during Sunday service.

The working class had imposed upon them a sterile and authoritarian educational system which mirrored the ethos of the corporate workplace.

Night helps us appreciate daylight, while lengthy days make us yearn for a good stretch of night.

You make the best out of it, you can. Nothing is ever as good or as bad as you think it will be. It's what you make of it.

I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.

I just want my songs to be memorable, and for people to hear my songs in ten year's time and remember the great times they had while listening to 'em.

America has so much debt, if she were a person she'd need a co-signer to get a car loan.

There have been unions based on gold or silver, but not on fiat money - money tempted to inflate - put out by politically independent entities.

Politics can be strengthened by music, but music has a potency that defies politics.

I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes.

Save the gerund and screw the whale.