It was all fertile ground, and the mood of the country was different, too.

It satisfies some inner need that I have. I just need it there.

It's more business and less art. The record labels are only releasing things that are going to make money right now.

That was what made the store unique. They would come in and we would have arguments about music and plenty of other things, like politics and other stuff.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.