“It is a rather risky matter to discuss a happiness that has no need of words.”
“What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.”
“. . . 'Depressing' isn't a word I would use to describe my music. But there is some sadness in it -- there has to be, so that the happiness in it will matter.”
“Need is a weak word. has nothing to do with what people get. Ain't what you need that matters. It's what you do.”
“Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself.”
“Whenever the masses seized political power, then it was happiness rather than truth and beauty that mattered.”