Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another.

If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.

Nothing more than nothing can be said.

Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating.

I never had a hat, never wore one, but recently was given a brown suede duck-hunting hat. The moment I put it on I realized I was starved for a hat. I kept it warm by putting it on my head. I made plans to wear it especially when I was going to do any thinking. Somewhere in Virginia, I lost my hat.

Each something is a celebration of the nothing that supports it.