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" I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box. "

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" America is off-the-hook gay. I will not go all Ann Coulter on you and say, 'Our gays are better than their gays,' but as far as countries go, we are in-your-face gay. "

" Between the Dinosaur Jr. albums and his recent solo albums, 'Several Shades of Why' and 'Heavy Blanket,' J Mascis is emerging as one of the last men from all that '80s indie madness, still writing songs that you want to listen to over and over. "

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

" I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless. "

" The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible. "

" I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity. "

" My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when it came out. Now that is an album. What a voice. "

" If an American company has a drop of patriotic blood coursing through its system, then surely it would set up in America and employ Americans, right? "

" I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs and I'm not married, that leaves a lot of time for my work. "

" Seven-11 is the pulse-beat of America. I think that Bruce Springsteen should do a song about a 7-11 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, but write it in such a way that American's youth can identify and slurp along with the Boss. Hail the Boss! Hail 7-11! "

" I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best. "

" My father did not rock. He just earned and hated. Don't end up like this man. "

" I try to get myself up and moving as early as possible. Optimum is to be on the treadmill while it is still dark outside. "

" America was cool with Saddam Hussein when he was killing Iranians. "

" We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost. "

" When I read that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had disappeared - a state-of-the-art Boeing 777, said to be an incredibly safe way to travel - I waited patiently for the chance to learn what happened. "

" Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes. "

" To me, getting muscular was the first thing I ever achieved by working at it, and it was a game changer for me, because it was the first time I ever had confidence. "

" One person's disaster is another person's talking point. "

" I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine. "

" Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care. "

" I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone. "

" I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself. "

" No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move. "

" Never once have I thought that Social Security would be something that would ever be available to me. "

" Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine. "

" Technically speaking, there is no music whatsoever on a CD. Lots of information, but no music. "

" The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the man as he sees it. I like that. So that is punk. "

" Like a lot of inwardly drawn young people, I spent a lot of time in libraries. At my high school, I often spent my lunch breaks there. "

" The prison-industrial complex and the military-industrial complex are here with us and are multi-billion dollar enterprises. We can make more money off the kid in Compton if he's a criminal instead of a scholar. It's business. "