“Without "Louie Louie" a symphony is not quite so grand.”

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”

“Music without the ebb and flow would be like "watching a film with only good guys in it".”

“Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.”

“So many books, so little time.”

“The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively-- because, without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins. You have to put a 'box' around it because otherwise, what is that shit on the wall?”

“There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.”