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" I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good. "

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" I'm of the opinion that the Democrats have the ideas I agree with more often than not. Reenergizing the middle class and giving people a break. "

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

" For me, Memphis has always been a city that holds a great deal of meaning and also leads me to a lot of thinking. Besides Sun Studio, which helped put rock n' roll on the map all over the world, the legendary Stax Studio also called Memphis home. "

" In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record. "

" You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. "

" And I laugh at myself when I screw things up, which happens all the time. "

" Republicans just can't help themselves. They get in front of a live microphone and within a few sentences are rocketing down the swiftest and most direct route to the all-you-can-eat comedian-and-talk-show-host buffet. "

" I have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent. "

" Dinosaur Jr. in their live capacity are a band that put me in a state of such overwhelming rock that it often takes quite a while to come down. "

" If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard. "

" With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal. "

" I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place. "

" To hate is to show you still care, who needs that, focus on what's really important. "

" When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it. "

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

" When you are young, there is so much ahead of you, it's like the Saharan desert. You can't even see across it. "

" Those who seek to profit by division don't stand a chance. "

" Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was withheld from them. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Pizza makes me think that anything is possible. "

Anything Is Possible

" I'm a big Germs fan; most people are. "

" 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. "

" Each year, every city in the world that can should have a multiday festival. More people meeting each other, digging new types of music, new foods, new ideas. You want to stop having so many wars? This could be a step in the right direction. "

" With a book, there's no volume to turn up. You're very naked with a book. "

" In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground. "

" When you're going into an employment environment that looks pretty scary, it is easy to lose your moral compass, your decency, your sense of civility and your sense of community. "

" I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.' "

" 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. "