“...books, ingeniously coupled with music and alcohol, enabled the Irish to transcend reality.”
“I hope, too, that my book will illuminate my belief that love of art-be it poetry, storytelling, painting, sculpture, or music-enables people to transcend any barrier man has yet devised.”
“No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book, or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation.”
“The poem no longer transcended reality.”
“Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.”
“Music happens to be an art form that transcends language”