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" My unconditional sure thing is that I don't have one. "

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" This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky. "

" As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me. "

" Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort. "

" Adolescence is a plague on the senses. "

" If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism. "

" Every politician, every president gets votes by getting people that don't like him to like him. That's why politicians are slippery: because they talk out of both sides of their mouth. "

" 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. "

" It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid school uniform, instructors who called me by my last name and my classmates, who, while friendly enough, were not at all inspiring. "

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

" Do you know why Albert Camus was so prolific? He wrote to keep from screaming. "

" Guns are part of the American identity. "

" Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp. "

" If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.' "

" Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts. "

" Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does. "

" The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible. "

" One of the most insane environments I have ever spent time in is a gun range. There we are, all in a line, armed to the teeth, firing away. "

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

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

" There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful. "

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" 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. "

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" Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability? "

" Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions. "

" 'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse. "

" 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. "

" 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. "