The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war.

While working as a drummer Crouch conducted the booking for an avant-garde jazz series at the club as well as organizing occasional concert events at the Ladies' Fort. In the 1990s he upset many political thinkers when he declared himself a "radical pragmatist". In 2005 he was selected as one of the inaugural fellows by the Fletcher Foundation which awards annual fellowships to people working on issues of race and civil rights.