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And I'm wondering where the lions are.
There is no gap between art and politics.
The trouble with normal is it only gets worse.
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea.
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.
Gotta kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight.
I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been.
Everybody wants to see justice done, to somebody else.
Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same.
I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.
Some people never see the light Till it shines thru bullet holes.
There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate.
Lord, spit on our eyes that we may see, how to wake up from this tragedy.
Anger is energy, and you've got to find a place to put it that works for you.
Most of the time, our deeper, stronger feelings are things we all have in common.
Abu Ghraib, as bad as it was, can't be compared to what Saddam was doing to people.
Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world.
'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s.
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse, fashionable fascism dominates the scene.
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall, The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all.
The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.
The invitation for artists to compete to see who can be the most charitable is a wonderful thing.
Love the Lord and in him love me too. And in him, go your own way and I'll be right here with you.
It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one.
All these years of thinking, ending up like this: In front of all this beauty, understanding nothing.
When you know even for a moment That it's your time Then you can walk with the power Of a thousand generations
But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.
Wave the flag, wave the Bible, wave your sex or your business degree, whatever you want, just don't wave that thing at me.
I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.
There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one.
In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws.
'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it was a powerful experience.
Male female slave or free; peaceful or disorderly; maybe you and he will not agree; but you need him to show you new ways to see.
I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song: My name was Richard Nixon, only now I'm a girl.
I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm traveling toward light.
I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm travelling toward light.
I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song is, 'My name was Richard Nixon, only now I'm a girl.'
All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am.
Sun's up, uh huh, looks okay - the world survives into another day, and I'm thinking about eternity. Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me.
Resisting the powers that be, we are keeping things from getting worse than they otherwise might be. And that effort is very much worthwhile.
Like a stone on the surface of a still river Driving the ripples on forever Redemption rips through the surface of time In the cry of a tiny babe.
There are so many people I love in the United States, and I've had such great adventures in this country and have been so well received by people here.
My overall responsibility is to be truthful. If people pay money to come and see me, looking for something other than that, then they've made a mistake.
I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time.
Beautiful rocks - beautiful grass Beautiful soil where they both combine Beautiful river - covering sky Never thought of possession, but all this was mine.
Sometimes the best map will not guide you, you can't see what's round the bend. Sometimes the road leads through dark places, sometimes the darkness is your friend
Water of life is gonna flow again/changed from the blood of heroes and knaves/Word mercy's gonna have a new meaning/ when we are judged by the children of our slaves.
Almost all the military personnel were wearing sunglasses. No Iraqis wear sunglasses. They really want to see your eyes. So immediately they can't trust the Americans.
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.
Little round planet in a big universe, sometimes it looks blessed, sometimes it looks cursed. Depends what you look at obviously, but even more it depends on the way that you see.