“But part of love is a record playing, a needle that drops over and over, repeat and repeat, until the voices are scratched and the song is tired. But that's all right, all the scratches and skips, the knowing what line comes next. Sometimes a song just gets you You know?”

“I changed my mind about not saying what I think. If you let people walk over you while you’re young, you should get used to wearing feet marks across your face for the rest of your life.”

“Sometimes a little song is sweet to hear, even if the orchestra is more accomplished”

“And when you go to God's house, it ain't got to be no fashion show. You just come as you are.”

“Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn't know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.”

“We've got a form of brainwashing going on in our country…. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that's what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. MORE IS GOOD. MORE IS GOOD. We repeat it--and have it repeated to us--over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore.”

“nasionalisme berpangkal dr rasa bangga sbg diri sendiri.banggalah terlahir sbg bangsa yang berbudaya. karena konon. jika sebuah bangsa telah kehilangan budayanya, maka bisa dikatakan bhwa bangsa itu telah PUNAH. inilah amanah yg kita emban dari leluhur.”