I followed most of the 80's bands into the 90's as most of those folks who hadn't moved away were all still active. However, there was a point when I lost track of the new bands coming up.

I probably had the most fun recording For Richer For Poorer in Nashville.

I also spend a lot of time on political blogs, and music blogs getting things for my radio show.

To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.

There's nothing remotely interesting to me about marketing music as a product.

You can't get away from who you are I guess.

I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20's and 30's... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent.

Cleveland is the place I grew up and lived much of my adult life, so it will always be a part of my soul.

In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living.

I have always abhorred the business end of music.

The turning point for me was when the Supreme Court installed Bush in 2000, even though he got half a million votes less nationally than Gore. It was nothing more than a bloodless coup and that's when I really started paying attention.

I followed most of the 80's bands into the 90's as most of those folks who hadn't moved away were all still active. However, there was a point when I lost track of the new bands coming up.

Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme.

I am pretty detached from the local music crowd though.

At the time I attempted to purchase the rights back for the 3 Homestead records, but the owner demanded an outrageous sum in the neighborhood of $10,000, about 10 times more money than I could get my hands on at the time.

They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a little raw to be putting so much of myself out there.

You cant control the curve balls life throws you so you have to learn how to control yourself and change quickly to make sure the curve ball doesnt knock you out.

Each of my records has a different focus a different theme.

It was at the graduate school at Columbia University that I first met Wesley C. Mitchell, with whom I was associated for many years at the National Bureau of Economic Research and to whom I owe a great intellectual debt.

It's not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections.

I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.

People dont smile because theyre happy. Theyre happy because they smile.

I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all.

To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.

My son is very trendy and with-it, and he was the one who showed me 'Gummo.'

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.

I never thought I would become that person who loves working out. It sucks while you're doing it, but the second you finish, it's like, 'Wow, I feel great! I'm stronger and much more confident.'

I think of the part of me that writes as the most private self. It's the part that's engaged the least with the rest of the world's needs.

That bitter word which closed all earthly friendships and finished every feast of love farewell

I'm someone who is open-minded to new experiences because they teach you new things.

Back in the 1960s, I got a superb education for very little money. The bill for my first year at Harpur College in New York was a few hundred dollars.

Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against today. Cleopatra plays an oddly pivotal role in world history as well; in her lifetime, Alexandria is the center of the universe, Rome is still a backwater.

The meaning of life can be found in the search.

I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.

Sometimes a great director will do a bad job and an okay director will do a great job. You never know.

If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that means I didn't run hard enough.

Beggars market their incapacity.

Someday we will dare to trade good for true.

I don't wear pants, or like them; I'm a Jewish woman who's made the decision to wear skirts, so I wear mostly skirts past the knee.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.