I persist in performing.

Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature.

I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.

If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.

The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument unto itself.

Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable.

I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.

I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.

Make mistakes, a thousand of them because we are only humans.Never repeat your mistakes because we are humans.

Can you imagine how your life would be if you couldn't talk?

Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.

Maybe it's not just about finding the perfect friend, partner, or tribe, but finding the perfection in those you've already found.

An exile, said Zafar, is a refugee with a library.

It matters not whether these weapons of ours are humane: if they gain us our freedom, they are justified before our conscience and before our God.

Let us leave the cure of public evils to those quacks, the statesmen.

Have you ever found in history, one single example of a nation, thoroughly corrupted, that was afterwards restored to virtue? And without virtue there can be no political liberty.

I have to be below 140 to really look good. I have to work my legs like crazy. Actually, do you want my real goal? My real goal's always too low. I love the way I look at, like, 128.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.