“It is not simply as release or play, in other words, that popular music saves society from its routine murders; it is not just relief from the long day's work or the joy that comes from cutting loose or the affirmation of community that makes it attractive, although all of these play their parts. In the Americas, popular music is a mission and strategy to recover the deep theoretical roots that extend far into the past and constitutes nothing less an alternative history of Western civilization.”

“The after-school routine is just another way to divide the popular from the less than.”

“If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends.”

“A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a secular, ostensibly scientific way of affirming the primacy of spirit over matter.”

“There are only three things that America will be remembered for 2000 years from now when they study this civilization: The Constitution, Jazz music, and Baseball. These are the 3 most beautiful things this culture's ever created.”

“I come from the ocean with songs of the seaNo lesson for learning, just play upon meNow go make your music in lands near and farOrion protects you wherever you are”