And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.

Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.

But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.

But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington State.

But social justice and the environment are very tied together in my head.

Everyone has to decide how they're going to appear in their lives, how they're going to put themselves out there to the world.

I have a sordid past.

I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.

I think music is another language.

I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.

I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.

I watch people throw aluminum cans in the trash, and I think of all the stories I've heard about the over-mining of aluminum, the erosion that happens, and the trees that fall down.

I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.

If a war has to happen, a war has to happen.

If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.

Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.

Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.

You always have to wrestle with chaos.

You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.

Its a collective truth that slavery is wrong that child labor is wrong that gross inequality is wrong. God didnt send it.

We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.

Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty.

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep.

I've never stopped learning.

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.

Not being a comic book fan, being thrown into that and seeing the extreme - it's taken very seriously. So I tried to do as much learning as I could about it so I wasn't mean or anything.

I spent a lot of years just learning my craft and falling down in front of the camera.

I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

I love talking about women because they are a constant study and you're always learning.

The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments.

I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.

I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

I like doing accents and I like learning as much as I can learn.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.