"My job is to tell the truth, even if it hurts."

"To be a Christian is to be a follower of the historical Jesus, who was a revolutionary Jew."

"To be human is to be fallible, to be fragile, to be finite."

"The Democratic Party is beyond redemption at this point when it comes to seriously speaking to the needs of poor and working people…"

"I'm a jazz freedom fighter, and I believe in the power of improvisation and the blues as a way of life."