Human beings have the incredible capacity for denial. I think they do. And although it's really hard to believe, I have my doubts. But my feeling is that first they have to convince themselves. First they have to justify this stuff to themselves and if they can do that, even for just the moment that it's coming out their mouth, then they can kind of mouth it with kind of believable sincerity, even if some of us.

There's an old joke that you know you're in heaven if the cooks are Italian and the engineering is German. If it's the other way around you're in hell.

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.

People hear about stuff from their friends or a magazine or a newspaper.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people.