“Music is my higher power”

“This and countless later experiences working in and around the world of "shrinks" and the mentally ill has led me to the conclusion that overinterpretation of human psychology can be inadvisable. My favorite Freud joke has him sitting in his gentlemen's club in Vienna after dinner, enjoying a cigar. A hostile colleague wanders up and says, "That's a big, fat, long cigar, Professor Freud," to which Freud replies, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”

“backing down can become a way of life”

“Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for”

“why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out”

“Friend, you're HOPELESSLY hooked!”

“The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace--”