A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.

Phoenix, Arizona: an oasis of ugliness in the midst of a beautiful wasteland.

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.

I’m tired of doing what I don’t want to do to live the way I don’t want to live.

Mental degeneracy may be caused by lead poisoning. Or by a poor dip in the gene pool.

Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.

Music is a savage art, a measured madness.