There is among doctors, in acute hospitals at least, a presumption of stupidity in their patients.

There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the little chants and songs we use to teach young children have choruses and refrains. We are attracted to repetition, even as adults; we want the stimulus and the reward again and again, and in music we get it. Perhaps, therefore, we should not be surprised, should not complain if the balance sometimes shifts too far and our musical sensitivity becomes a vulnerability.

We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. And seeing with the brain is often called imagination.

The power of music and the plasticity of the brain go together very strikingly, especially in young people.

Memory is dialogic and arises not only from direct experience but from the intercourse of many minds.

I think hallucinations need to be discussed. There are all sorts of hallucinations, and then many sorts which are okay, like the ones I think which most of us have in bed at night before we fall asleep, when we can see all sorts of patterns or faces and scenes.

There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient.