To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.

Perhaps I am still very much of an American. That is to say, naïve, optimistic, gullible. In the eyes of a European, what am I but an American to the core, an American who exposes his Americanism like a sore. Like it or not, I am a product of this land of plenty, a believer in superabundance, a believer in miracles.

Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.

Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others.

Serenity is when you get above all this, when it doesn't matter what they think, say or want, but when you do as you are, and see God and Devil as one.

Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos.