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" I've never heard Daft Punk; I've never heard a track of theirs in my life. They're the two guys with motorcycle helmets on? "

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" That Newt Gingrich or any mainstream Republican has the nerve to look down from what they perceive as their moral mountaintop at anyone is laughable. "

" 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. "

" There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed. "

" Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged. "

" The Internet, the camera cellphone and the like have not only sped up the world's information uptake, but they have cheapened that which they capture. "

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

" My mother, a very eclectic listener, had the first Doors album and gave it to me when I expressed interest in the band. It was one of the first records I ever had. As the years passed, the babysitters who used to look after me would bring their Doors albums to the apartment, and that's how I got to hear their later work. "

" The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully. "

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

" It's why real men just go out in the woods and howl. I must do it and get paid. "

" As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote and polite to the point of being invisible. It is in the music, literature, film and art that the Japanese really seem to express themselves. "

" Every single record I have is a fossil. "

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

" Most Americans are very cool people. "

" Live music is the cure for what ails ya. "

" I have come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it's good to have a sense of duty, a jealous zeal to protect or improve, but pride ultimately is only that which stands vulnerable to offense and degradation. "

" It's hard to judge literary merit. "

" I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless. "

" Anything in this culture that stands still long enough eventually becomes okay if a person can derive an income from it. Eventually, pay-per-view public execution will happen, and it will be half-time entertainment. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser. "

" 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. "

" I contribute a large amount of money to the Southern Poverty Law Center, so I'm on their mailing list for all their Klan Watch newsletters. I'm very well aware of White Power movements in America. "

" I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it. "

" This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles. "

" To our enemies all over the world who plan America's demise, please take my advice. Give up now. No matter what, you will lose. You will lose it all. "

" I wonder if it is Australia's great distance from more populated land masses that allows its inhabitants to be left to their own devices, to be incredibly creative and, at times, to be wonderfully weird. "

" Texas is as odd as it is vast. "

" I think it's fantastic when the young enrage their elders. I really do believe that if it's too loud, you are indeed too old, and that if it has been standing for too long, it needs a thorough inspection. "