To make your life being a writer, it's an auto-slavery. . . you are both the slave and the task-master.
Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
You know you don't really need the band or the singersongwriter in the same way, so you look at everything as part of your palette.
Love is the selfishness of two persons.
As long as I kept my body moving I could forget about the emptiness inside.
I don't know whether you [musician] can be all things to everybody, which is why there are different kinds of music.