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My generation had inherited all these massive, impossible problems: collapsing ecosystems, dysfunctional government, out-of-control corporations, crazed terrorists, slightly less crazed Tea Partiers, insane college tuitions, and the even more insane requirement that you get a college degree or you're totally screwed.
God knows it's misery and suffering that made so much music so great—jazz and the blues. Joni Mitchell had polio as a child—it weakened her hand, so she had to figure out how to retune the guitar and re-finger the cords.
"Everyone's life is cinematic," Vernie said, taking a well-timed swig of wine. "You just need to know when to fade to black."
"Why just drink coffee when you can drink coffee at five hundred feet?"
Amen!!!
