My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as a son, father, husband, human being and male in this culture.

I disoriented myself from everything about being a human being and just played and played and played and sang and sang and sang.

Become a good all-around human being.

There are things I want to do to be a better human being and a better father.

We have people we admire, like Einstein, saying mystery is the most beautiful thing a human being can experience. Yet, everywhere in our culture, everything that is truly mysterious is immediately dismissed.

Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.