I knew I was going to be composing. It all makes sense in retrospect. But you don't know while you're in the process of improvising your life.

I would find myself, not necessarily always assigning these little bits of music for here or there, but all of a sudden something would fall into place and it would be exactly that.

Once I know what the first page is, then the rest will come.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

In Heaven, it is always Autumn".

We must fight for peace bravely as we fought in war.

You will never make the crab walk straight.

Greatness comes through serving. The more you serve, the greater you become

Party politics is now a real farce.

Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.

That's the way I look at things - if you focus on the worst case scenario and it happens, you've lived it twice. It sounds like Pollyanna-ish tripe but I'm telling you - it works for me.

"Lambe them, lads! lambe them!" a cant phrase of the time derived from the fate of Dr. Lambe, an astrologer and quack, who was knocked on the head by the rabble in Charles the First's time.

A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.