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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

I've been in politics now for long enough to not worry about what others are saying, but instead to talk about what I believe.

Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits.

I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense.

Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.

It is not enough for us to merely continue to talk about and contribute to the echo chamber of white noise of what's wrong with America or for candidates to spout off silly poll-tested talking points about national security or foreign policy.

I am so focused on the fact that the conversation doesn't address any of the things I think are important. I think our political dialogue in America is distorted and completely off track.

Yeah, exactly, you can talk about politics in music, you can talk about something else, but that's always going to change, and love is never going to change.

Well, once we finish something, I can't really listen to it because all I hear are problems.

If there's anything I have learned since returning to Congress, it's that talk is still cheap, progress is still slow, and our liberties continue to erode every day.