Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.
Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society.
I think in society we tend to put ourselves in boxes and corners and restrict ourselves, and we constantly feel the need to not say this or not wear this.
In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.
Our society, where we are right now, our minds are junkyards. We watch TV and sit on the computer all day and barely have an original thought.
When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right.
I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.
The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique.
I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
I once tried to raise two tomato plants, and they died in spite of the fact I fertilized them every morning. Duh.
I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
Revenge! The stupidest motive on earth, just an attempt to change history.
Seducing him in the tub smelling of vinegar was out of the question. There had to be some boundaries.
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
I'm the rogue Canadian in my family - I just happened to be born here while my parents were studying here.
I would really like to spend more time with the family. Every time I go abroad I miss them all dreadfully.
I have a day job, which means my family isn't dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.
If I scribbled a few words on a cocktail napkin and showed it to my family, they'd proclaim it astonishing and more culturally relevant than the Bible.
I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.
