What I Want People To Recognize Is

The Way I Take In The World Is By Seeing It; That Is Very Much Evident In The Songs That I Write.

I Don't Have Any Authority To Talk About The Domestic Policies Of America. But As An Outsider, I Am Mystified By The Fact That You Are Encouraged To Buy A Gun, But If You Use It For The Purpose That It Is Expressly Designed For, You Get The Death Penalty. That Aspect Of America Is Kind Of Mystifying.

When You've Been Initiated, You Can Stand In The World Differently. And I Think It Is Up To All Of Us, We Can Have Cheerleaders, We Can Have Supporters, But It Comes Down To Us As Individuals, How Do We Now Proceed? Do We Have The Tools To Proceed?

I Used To Believe That If I Could Do Certain Things - Write A Book Or Be A Successful Musician - That I'd Be Transformed Into A Happy Person, But It Doesn't Work That Way.

I've Watched 'oprah Winfrey.' And I'm Proud. I Don't Care What Anybody Says! I Don't Know Whether I've Watched It. I've Been In The Room While It's Been On.