All that helter-skelter about strings and memories was only relevant in the dark. It was light out now and time to put away childish things.

Sometimes things just slip past you, into your hands and out through your fingers. In my half-in/half-out state I began to wonder if that could happen to people, too.

a good philosopher always have great reading ability.

Time is like a zombie. It moves slow, but all of a sudden 'BOO! Got your brains!

Mythology is the crop which the Old World bore before its soil was exhausted.

No people ever rise higher, as a people, than the point to which they elevate their women.

Why are the ones who are too good to be true always being true to someone else?

I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising.

Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.

In an artistic and spiritual sense I'm really not that concerned about what happens after the album is done.

Cats have no sense of humor, they have terribly inflated egos, and they are very touchy.

What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game