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Without deviation progress is not possible.

Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.

Tobacco is my favorite vegetable.

A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want.

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.

Anything Anytime Anyplace For No Reason At All (or AAAFNRAA)

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down.

Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.

I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.

So many books, so little time.

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

Music is always a commentary on society.

Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence.

I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity.

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

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

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