I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and has a reward - I ask for no reward - only to live & to hear my work.

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.

The music is in the air. Take as much as you want.

It is curious to be treated by the old-fashioned people as a criminal because my thoughts and ways are beyond them.

I always said God was against art and I still believe it.

English music is white - it evades everything.

The Spirit of God is not something less than God, - it is God.

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.

Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn't changed

Everything that creative people think and do is from the heart.

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

I've never been tempted by God but I like his trappings.

The only way one can display learning is by playing with it. Because the truth is that there's something embarrassing about displaying heavy knowledge. You feel sort of annoying.

I'm up to my neck in the real world, every day. Just you try doing your VAT return with a head full of goblins.

But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.