Wherever she was, holy laughter was present to heal and redeem.
There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.
We're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's difficult for people to persist through that.
There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.
The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire.
I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie to alternative. So whatever. I listen to all if it. Classic rock and classic pop, all of that.
We should care about what is going on in the world.
Creativity has to do with what came before you immediately, not what came before you a long time ago.
As a writer, I will tell you that darkness is so easy to make interesting. It is so easy because you're allowed to do anything you want.
If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them.
Certainly, when it comes to my profession as a journalist, that allows the government to trace what you're reporting, who you're talking to, and where you've been. So no matter whether or not I have a commitment to protect my sources, the government may still have information that might allow them to identify whom I'm talking to.