“We all have our la-la-la song. The thing we do when the world isn't singing a nice tune to us. We sing our own nice tune to drown out ugly.”

“A name is important. It isn't something you drop in the litter basket or on the ground. Your name is now people know you. The very mention of your name makes a picture spring to mind, whether it's a picture of clashing fists or a mighty mountain that can't be knocked down. Your name is who you are and how you're known even when you do something great or something dumb.”

“It was a strange, wonderful feeling. To discover eyes upon you when you expected no one to notice you at all.”

“I had a lot of those memories clicking before me like projector slides in the dark. Lots of pictures, smells and sounds flashing in and out.”

“mixing comes natural. i just ought to. not am i mixed to perfection, i have aptitude for art and colors.”

“Today we're going to be like the earth, spinning around and affecting many.”

“If you knew what I knew, seen what I've seen, you wouldn't be so quick to pull the plow.”