The lion's share of the people in this room are baby boomers or veterans. Your challenge is going to be to change your focus.

We need to begin to change our strategies. This group that has not gotten the publicity [that baby boomers have] is very, very quickly having a huge effect on us.

So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.

I think you'll find most people are optimistic about the merger, ... It's been a while since we've had anything to be excited about.

She genuinely cares about veterans and about their well-being. It's definitely very challenging work. The material people talk about is very difficult.

Once over there [Balkans], I felt extremely patriotic. Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace. I don't ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music.