"When we love all the life we see, we see the love in all life."

“You learn to write by writing.”

“A pioneer is not someone who makes her own soap. She is one who takes up her burdens and walks toward the future.”

“I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.”

“Carry your groceries, garden, and do other activities that keep you moving. You will add more years to your life and more life to your years.”

“You're creating music to pull people into a world, whether it be a visual medium where music is just one element, or a purely musical medium. Either way, you're trying to transport people and to create a connection. I've always felt that the best films and the best albums can be the best company. If people feel a little bit less alone because of something I had a hand in creating than I feel like I'm contributing to the world in a positive way.”

“As much as being in a rock band can be really glamorous and exciting - and it can be a lot of things that people imagine it to be - if you just live that lifestyle, you're gonna burn out really quickly.”

Source : "From "One Week" to 14 Albums: The Barenaked Ladies Still Rocking Strong and Silly After 27 Years". Interview with Kelli Bender, people.com. June 17, 2015.

“It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right”

“Today's Democrats are little more than a collection of narrow interest groups-unions, tort lawyers, minorities headed by an ossified leadership. They are clever, tenacious and increasingly nasty in defending their perks, as establishments typically are...”