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" I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history. "

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

" Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium. "

" Sleep is for squares. "

" I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it. "

" I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation. "

" Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me. "

" 'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit. "

" With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad. "

" People will remember that the Tea Party was co-opted and funded by billion-dollar corporations, and that it was supported by Fox News and other outlets with the same vigor with which they attempt to denigrate the Occupy protesters. "

" I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are. "

" I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town. "

" For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes. "

" Change is hard, but change is good. "

" I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands are from England. I have met many good people there and have been in front of some of the most loyal audiences I have ever encountered. "

" In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon. "

" Even though I am not hungry when I get up, I try to eat to get me ready for the day. Within an hour of getting up. "

" I'm very boring. "

" I think that humans have a huge capacity to carry pain and sadness. There are things that haunt us our entire lives; we are unable to let them go. The good times seem almost effervescent and dreamlike in comparison with the times that didn't go so well. "

" Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on. "

" I think it's important to have some documentation of the past. "

" Sarah Palin embarrasses herself almost immediately upon opening her mouth to speak or upon moving her fingers to send messages to her dull flock. "

" There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand. "

" When I see the hatred exacted at Mr. Obama - you know, he lowered your taxes, killed your number one bad guy and got your guys out of Iraq - I don't understand why he seems to inflame people so much. You know, unless, unless there's a race problem. "

" It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something. "

" When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise. "

" More guns equaling more safety is a slippery slope, and what makes it so is human blood. "

" Death metal uses a lot of white face paint and black hair dye to make its point. I quite enjoy this genre for its intensity, extremism and underlying irony: You have to be alive to play it and listen to it. "

" Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her music. I do have her albums, and years ago, when I first heard her sing, I thought she was extraordinary. The tone of her voice, her phrasing, her raw appearance - these qualities were extremely captivating to me. "

" Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy. "