Since I didn't have any kind of formal training, it didn't make any difference to me if I was listening to Lightnin' Slim, or a vocal group called the Jewels ... , or Webern, or Varèse, or Stravinsky. To me it was all good music.

Everything on this planet has something to do with music. Music functions in the realm of sculptured air.

Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. "You eat this apple; you're going to be as smart as God." We can't have that.

The NRA, with the fingers on the triggers when they kneel and pray.

The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons.

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner