“You used to be able to identify Sox fans in Yankee Stadium. They sat, ...” — Mike Barnicle Quote

“You used to be able to identify Sox fans in Yankee Stadium. They sat, slump-shouldered, with the same panicked expectation nervous motorists have looking in the rearview mirror at the 16-wheeler behind them on Interstate 95 near New Haven.”

“Race is the San Andreas Fault of our culture as well as our history. Its fissures are forever present and not that far beneath the surface of every day life. To deny that is to risk being labeled delusional.”

“Rebellion has its roots in government's indifference and incompetence.”

“The school was prone to dishing out punishments for anything creative that didn't fit with expectation - I just followed the logic and figured the folk club was probably much the same.”

“Everyone's expectation of New York is so big, and then you go, 'Oh, it really is like no other place on Earth!'”

“I wanted to make music that spoke to me, without having the expectation of success that comes with Lady Antebellum.”