"Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous."

"Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own."

"I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people."

"A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics."

"Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done."

"The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination."

"Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people."

"My songs are my kids. Some of them stay with me, some others I have to send out, out to the war. It might sound stupid and it might even sound naive, but that's just the way it is."