“No, I do not like music. (But what she really was trying to say was this: I like music better than anything in the world, after you.)”

“But what she was really trying to say was this: I like music better than anything in the world, after you.”

“Wherever I go the music playing is always something I like. I never hear music I hate.""If you never hear it, how do you know what music you don't like?" I asked, not sure if I'd made any sense. It was spinny trying to figure it out. Didn't you know what you liked in contrast to what you didn't? But if he only heard music he liked, he'd never have any contrast. Did that mean he liked everything?”

“Do you try to listen to calssical music but feel you don't ever really advance past knowing it's better than it sounds?”

“But this isn’t like anything I’ve ever seen, or imagined, or even dreamed: This is like music or dancing but better than both.”

“I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.”