The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence. - Joan Baez

Martin Luther King, Jr., more than any other public figure helped to solidify my ideas and inspired me to act upon them.

Well you burst on the scene Already a legend The unwashed phenomenon The original vagabond You strayed into my arms And there you stayed Temporarily lost at sea The Madonna was yours for free Yes the girl on the half-shell Would keep you unharmed

Perhaps he's just a vehicle To bear us to the hills of Truth That's Truth spelled with a great big T And peddled in the mystic's booth There are oh so many miracles That the western sky exposes Why go looking for lilacs When you're lying in a bed of roses?