I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasnt responsible in terms of what our country needed right then. – Claire McCaskill
The real amazing thing about all of this is I think Ive maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which Im proudest of. And Im still playing on peoples records and singing on peoples records. – Vince Gill
Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction. – W.H. Auden, A Certain World