"When I played my own songs, I had to do everything myself to get it the right way, but now I think it's interesting to see how it becomes music."

“You know we are flawed people, so if someone is going to make a movie about me, they don't have to make it up. My real flaws are much funnier.”

“As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.”

“I was the one with all the glory, while you were the one with all the strength. Only a face without a name, and I never once heard you complain.”

“Let my lusts be my ruin, then, since all else is a fake and a mockery.”

Source : Hart Crane (1965). “Letters, 1916-1932”

“You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter.”

“In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain.”

“Scotland has always been independent. We have our own legal system, our own culture; I don't see the issue. We are different and I think we should celebrate those differences within the union. I can see what would be lost, but don't necessarily see what would be gained by breaking away. What does upset me is that I can't vote in Scotland.”

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“He said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and put it in a library. I thought, "That's a turn-up for the books".”