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

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" There's tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time. "

" I have lived in public as a somewhat recognizable person since I was a teenager. Emails I answer end up posted on sites; pictures of me and someone I just met, taken by a cellphone, literally number in the thousands and are easily accessed. "

" Texas is as odd as it is vast. "

" I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space to experience the music on my own, free from unwanted conversations and other distractions. "

" Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind. "

" I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things. "

" If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done. "

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

" It's not lost on me that everyone dies, but some people have a kind of immortality about them, and you can't imagine that they will ever be gone. "

" Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop. "

" So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life. "

" Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation. By and large, the Revolutionary War wasn't at all great for business. "

" In many ways, America is on the receiving end of a pendulum that has been swung with great force, and for a long time, outward into the world. The impact is a wake-up call on every level. "

" I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own. "

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

" There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other. "

Doing The Right Thing

" As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not. "

" Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby. "

" Change is hard, but change is good. "

" In Israel, there's a lot to learn from anyone, because to live there you've got to deal with the truth. Things happen real fast. Your day goes from cool to catastrophic in one second. Israelis know that the cafe you're in could blow up, or the shopping mall, and they rock that. "

" 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. "

" I am on until I am dead, like a light bulb. "

" Pizza makes me think that anything is possible. "

Anything Is Possible

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

" The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless. "

" 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.' "

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

" When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it. "

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

" I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries... like I do. "