"I'm a collector, a tinkerer, and a tweaker, like a lot of people, and recording equipment is really easy to fetishize."

“Addiction is such an isolating incident in your life. You feel alone. And when you admit, when you come into a fellowship and people just surround you and say, "We will help you, that you're not alone, that we've been through it before, and you will get through it," just gives you such great hope.”

“Consciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.”

Source : Roger Penrose (1999). “The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics”, p.580, OUP Oxford

“I have always followed my instincts when it comes to music and life in general. They were telling me very loudly that it was time for John D., Hallmark and I to get back together.”

“The more we study mind and matter scientifically the more we see that all things follow a natural sequence, a sequence as liable to work for our disadvantage as for our advantage. It flows like the water of a river, it falls like rain, it is as impartial as the sea. It is as innocent of malice as it is of compassion.”

Source : Llewelyn Powys (1961). “Llewelyn Powys: A Selection from His Writings”

“We live in an ironic society where even play is turned into work. But the highest existence is not work; the highest level of existence is play.”

“Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.”

“Real Revolution Starts At Learning, If You're Not Angry, Then You Are Not Paying Attention.”

“I don't play any role; I just play golf. I love the competition. For me, the pleasure begins on Thursday morning when a tournament starts. I come along and try to win. And that's what I enjoy.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de