"Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon."

“What happens when we get back? I don't know. I guess we try and forget. I don't want to forget.”

“I believe that music offers us possibilities for analysis, at least in my case, more profound in many ways, but at the same time that profundity is an accessible profundity that has atemporal repercussions.”

“Concerning First Amendment fetishism - A federal subsidy for a photo of a crucifix suspended in a jar of urine is fine, but religious figures on stamps are offensive.”

“I think it's quite jarring and exciting when you see someone in the thrall of being completely transported by the music they're sharing with you.”

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“O grant me a house by the beach of a bay, Where the waves can be surly in winter, and play With the sea-weed in summer, ye bountiful powers! And I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, For a house full of books, and a garden of flowers.”

Source : Andrew Lang “The Selected Works of Andrew Lang”, Library of Alexandria

“I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge.”

“Here's a picture of me with REM. That's me in the corner.”

“I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.”