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.

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

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

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

[Even as America wrestles with hate crime legislation, its advocates recognize the origins of free-speech arguments.] Laws grow out of historical context. What is appropriate in Germany may not be appropriate in the U.S., ... I don't think one society should be able to impose its values on another.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.