“Nothing’s louder than theend of a song that’s always been there.”

“...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.”

“You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.”

“You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, ‘But we’ve always done it this way.’ A million dead people can’t have been wrong, can they?”

“Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.”

“Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.”“Sir?”“It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.”“Sir?”“That’s practically zen.”

“‎No one remembers the singer. The song remains.”