I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.

I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day moves me like classical music (Debussy, Vaughn Williams).

To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms.

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.

There is little more I can add short of dissecting the man, or going into intimate details such as the modest proportions and slight southeasterly curvature of his manhood.

I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.

I'm kind of a hermit. it's almost easier for me to write about connection than to actually connect.

The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

That's what the conservative movement has become, is basically an annex of the [Donald] Trump campaign.

What is happening in Nigeria is an absolute atrocity.

God is not an obligation or burden. God is the joy of my life!

The man who has led a good life will find many allies.

Wines are like women in that it's often the imperfections that fascinate.

When thinking won't cure fear, action will.