Mr. Rogers, we need you now more than ever. I watched the film Won’t You Be My Neighbor earlier this week, and it has stuck with me in a way few films ever have. In several places in the film I found myself on the verge of tears—and by the end, the entire theater left crying. The depth and consistency … Read More

(Things I have borrowed, begged, andstolen from books, movies, conversations, etc.)   The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care. —Hugh McCleod Always comes back to the same necessity—you go deep enough and there is a bedrock of truth. —May Sarton Three things in … Read More

The average day on this spring tour has worked like this: Drive to Somewhere, USA, and find the motel. If you are lucky, get into bed early enough to get a few hours’ sleep before getting up at five a.m. to drive a little more and load into a high school. Play. Speak. Take questions (be blown away by the … Read More

“The thing with Prince is, he plays his second instruments better than you play your first.” —Jimmy Jam Pushing boundaries, giving your LIFE to your art, writing hits, combining genres, and putting on a MIND-BLOWING LIVE SHOW, no one got near THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS. One of my very first records was Prince’s 1999. I had the cassette as … Read More