Ralph Nader

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.