"Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war."

-- Fannie Hurst

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“"If you're a Republican Party that's fairing poorly, sometimes you have to win ugly.”

Source : "Alien Nation?", www.pbs.org. September 29, 2006.
“When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.”
“If it matters, it produces controversy.”
“There's not a second of my time on tour where I'm not engaged with something. It is the hardest job - a great job, and I love it - but truly the hardest job I've ever had. There's no time away, there's no time off, and it's so exhausting. I drive myself around in a van, and I don't have the money or infrastructure to do it differently, and I'm involved at every level. I feel like I'm just collecting info, and can't wait to get home to try and process these.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song.”
“You can't take a congressman to lunch for $25 and buy him a hamburger or a steak or something like that. But you can take him to a fund-raising lunch and not only buy him that steak, but give him $25,000 extra and call it a fund-raiser - and have all the same access and all the same interactions with that congressman.”

Source : "Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's playbook". Interview with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. July 9, 2012.
“If your plan isn't working, adjust your plan. Never give up.”
“Like most lit nerds, I'm a voracious reader. I never got enough poetry under my belt growing up but I do read it - some of my favorites, Gina Franco and Angela Shaw and Cornelius Eady and Kevin Young, remind me daily that unless the words sing and dance, what's the use of putting them down on paper.”

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