“Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.”

“Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.”

“Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it time runs out.”

“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.”

“Yeah', said Fats. 'Fucking and dying. That's it, innit? Fucking and dying. That's life.''Trying to get a fuck and trying not to die.''Or trying to die', said Fats. 'Some people. Risking it.''Yeah, Risking it.'[...]'Ans music', said Andrew quietly, watching the blue smoke hanging beneath the dark rock. 'Yeah', said Fats, in the distance. 'And music.”

“It isn't only living people who die, it is great stretches of living, which can die even when the people who lived there still exist.”