He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.
I always sing them as though they are autobiographical, even if they're not, and most of my songs do come from something about me.
I don't care how somebody gets their education, as long as they have one.
Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing.
Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that - we want it to come from us: naturally, truly, really.
I do use reality because I want my work to feel real, I want it to feel heartfelt. I don't want to make it up and have it sound corny or unrelatable.
I was brought up in the Christian church and I studied in the teachings of Jesus. I believed in caring for others and trying to be kind. It's something I still have to work on every day.
Courts should always do the right thing. But if winning were as simple as making a good argument and filing a good brief, then we would have won the freedom to marry 40 years ago. We must put the legal work next to the public education work next to the legislative work next to the organizing work, and that's what's brought us so far.
The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs.
The story of evolution unfolds with increasing levels of abstraction.
Hang on, did you just call me Angel?" I asked. "If I did?" "I don't like it. " He grinned. "It stays, Angel.