"Affliction is a divine diet which though it be not pleasing to mankind, yet almighty God hath often imposed it as a good, thought bitter, physic, to those children whose souls are dearest to him."

-- Izaak Walton

#Children Quotes #Adversity Quotes #Soul Quotes

“I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day....”
“I'd rather hold one note for an hour and modulate it so that it means something than play 3,000 notes in 15 seconds.”
“You aren't what I expected. I wish you were. It'd be so much easier.”
“The parties happen when we book the studio. That's a safe place. Get alcohol, food, girls, homies, and have these small listening parties while I'm recording. And that energy always gets into the music.”

Source : Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.
“I would have to say the power to heal. This show has enhanced my relationship to magic. I would have called it prayer. There are definitely certain incantations that I do now.”
“Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.”
“Ah, I am the judge of dreams, and you are the judge of love. Well, I find you guilty of dreaming good dreams, and sentence you to a lifetime of working and suffering for the sake of your dreams. I only hope that someday you won't declare me innocent of the crime of loving you.”
“Start right now to put into practice some of the things that have been taught to us today.”

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