A room of one's own isn't nearly enough. A house, or, best, an island of one's own.
The only good thing about [aging] is you're not dead.
It doesn't pay well to fight for what we believe in.
The judgment of music, like the inspiration for it, must come slow and measured, if it comes with truth.
You can't recover from what you do not understand.
If you are willing to take the punishment, you're halfway through the battle. That the issues may be trivial, the battle ugly, is another point.