Writers are spies. Outsiders. Believers in the turning pages.

Survival is a four letter word.

To change is to be vulnerable. And to be vulnerable is to be alive.

Pain can be washed out with a song. / Pain can become jazz digested and transformed.

A girl is a soul at sunrise.

I don't see what people get from hating other people unless it's a special thing I just ain't hip to.

Music stays in the air. / It travels at the speed of breath / at the sound of light. / It is never not heard. / It can wait centuries if it has to.

Politics is a word spelled N-O-W.

Yes I graduated from high school. Welfare. Temporary work, please. What is my problem? I want to eat.

babies ain't cute / hungry.

Damn tricky cats!

Laughter and love are their own forms of exercise meant to keep a body healthy.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo

Strangely enough, I really think that shoes are a communication tool between people.

The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.

there is something dangerous about mirrors. ... What dynamite we handle when we lift a mirror or bend towards one! I seldom do.

Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.

Kids drop out of school mostly because school is boring and not particularly relevant.

Leaders earn a heck of a lot more money than followers.

We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state.