"No one on this Earth knows how old I am."

-- Rudolf Wanderone

“The European community of values is unique: It combines democracy with the market economy, individual freedoms with social justice. How can we expect the U.S. or China to defend these values, this one-of-a-kind European balancing act that has developed over the course of decades?”
“Why didn't I buy a new phone earlier? Why don't I always walk around with a spare phone? It should be the law, like having a spare tire.”
“The trombone is not meant for romance... any instrument that hawks up it's own loogie every ten minutes is not meant for wooin' the ladies.”
“The theme of exile is attractive to me, because it's sort of like the family business. Not just music, but travel.”
“I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind.”
“To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, and lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all want to be David Bowie, floating into parties and being the center of attention, it's the drummers who are in the corner doing keg stands and breaking tables. Usually it's the drummers who get the fun-loving ladies and the singers who get the nutcases.”
“Everybody wants to be American, it seems; I travel enough to know.”
“The point of life is not to get anywhereâ€”it is to notice that you are, and have always been, already there. You are always and forever in the moment of pure creation. The point of life therefore is to createâ€”who and what you are, and then to experience that.”

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