“law that stated you didn't advertise any event you hadn't attended, any place you'd never been, or any band you didn't really listen to.”

“The place trembled with sound. I didn't need to do anything. They would do it all. But you had to be careful. Drunk as they were they could immediately detect any false gesture, any false word. You could never underestimate an audience. They had paid to get in; they had paid for drinks; they intended to get something and if you didn't give it to them they'd run you right into the ocean.”

“And sometimes, just when you think you've got love beat, it comes flowing back as if you really didn't know any better.”

“I never expected you to love me, I didn't see any reason that you should, I never thought myself very lovable.”

“Saying you liked all music meant that you didn't love any.”

“I wanted to love my father. I wanted to, but I didn't. Sometimes I didn't even like him. he hadn't been a guy you could really get next to, because in a way he was never where you thought he was.”