Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you.

"The main thing is to play your heart out and whatever helps you to do that is the right way".

She felt happy these days, yet there was always an undercurrent of sadness just below the surface

A deeper thought on the surface is exactly the paradox we need.

Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.

The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.

A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear.

I didn't think Marilyn Monroe was beautiful. It used to worry me. I thought maybe I'm not put together like the other chaps.

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

Walk patiently through this troubled world, and you will find great treasure. Even though your house may be small, look within it!

When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.