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" Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come. "

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" Of course same sex marriage is constitutional! The right to be yourself, to pursue life, liberty, and property, is protected several ways over several amendments. John Boehner should know this. "

" For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa. "

" Too bad that Paul Ryan confessed to being a fan of Rage Against The Machine. By doing so, he not only begged for a bucketing by many of their fans but actually got one from the band's guitar player, Tom Morello. "

" Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me. "

" If you want to believe that humans walked with dinosaurs and the planet is a few thousand years old, that is absolutely fine with me. If you want to teach this to your kids, I don't care. If states want to teach creationism in their schools, there is nothing I can do about it, so I don't sweat it. "

" Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated. "

" After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band. "

" I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave. "

" One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot. "

" To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger's tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need. "

" Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind. "

" Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact. "

" When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.' "

" If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene. "

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" I consider any gun that can chamber a round and send a projectile down its barrel at a high rate of speed into my body - causing me injury or death - to be an assault weapon. "

" In the summer of 1991, I was on the first Lollapalooza tour. Nightly, I would watch Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell go out in front of a sea of people and within minutes have all of them in the palm of his hand. I have never seen anything like it since. "

" Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition: The euphoric, emerging from planes, their journey at an end, and the determined, about to depart. "

" It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew. "

" I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran. "

" I'm most comfortable on stage. "

" To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money. "

" I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one. "

" The number of people who are actual supporters of Mr. Romney could very well be less than the Donner Party, whose members they sadly resemble in many ways. "

" People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at photographs of Lincoln almost in disbelief that he was a man who walked the earth and not merely some fiction writer's creation. "

" My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. "

" I have been listening to the Stooges' self-titled first album for well over half my life, and it remains one of the most exciting and essential records I have ever had the good fortune to come into contact with. "

" Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on. "

" Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say. "

" Humans are pretty crafty but will fold quickly in severe cold. "

" I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person. "