If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.
Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now – not remotely.
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
A great way to learn about your country is to leave it.
It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.
The only thing about sanctions is that, like a lot of drone strikes, there are countless unintended victims. Cutting off aid to Uganda only increases the pain there.
I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.
I think that Goldman Sachs and the Pentagon determine more of America’s outcome then any president or any congress, that sounds a bit cynical, but I think I am right.
I’m constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.
If you listen to ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,’ by Gil Scott-Heron, that album is dripping with rage.
When you see the Escalades and the Hummers driving down the street, at least in Los Angeles, this dry, flat desert with shopping malls, when you see someone driving one of those through this you’re like, ‘You are definitely part of the problem.’
For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.
My feelings for you shame me into silence.
What if Americans were all judged by the actions of the Bush administration and people did not know the truth? That America is full of people who are, at present, poorly represented and poorly catered to by the media.
And I laugh at myself when I screw things up, which happens all the time.
There’s got to be someone for me. It’s not too much to ask. Just someone to be with. Someone to love. Someone to give everything to. Someone.
Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby.
Whether I will be remembered at all, I really don’t get to choose, unless I shoot someone famous. It’s not really anything I have much control over.