"Most of my music is improvisation, and composition is improvisation. Even if I have a score, it is improvisation."

-- Yoshi Wada

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“In fact, the ultimate speculation we can make about the nature of Divinity is that Divinity is NO-THING which we can know. In Hebrew, the word for no-thing (nothing) is AIN.”

Source : Donald Michael Kraig (2010). “Modern Magick: Twelve Lessons in the High Magickal Arts”, p.74, Llewellyn Worldwide
“We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation.”
“The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms.”
“I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing and doing my own thing. I didn't really know what a demo was or anything like that, so I started getting interested in studio gear and started learning about one instrument at a time. My first instrument was an accordion.”
“Flamenco is Arabic music and rhythms filtered through centuries of gypsies making music. The gypsies themselves came originally from India. And then there is the Caribbean influences... This whole idea that there is any such thing in music that "purity" is bunk, it just doesn't exist. I love that I am playing these rhythms to people. And the next time they hear something that's maybe a little more exotic, I have created a little bridge, and they are going, "Oh, this actually sounds really cool. It reminds me a little bit of that, but it's something different."”
“Do not discount the psychic warmth of the hive.”

Source : Chang-rae Lee (2014). “On Such a Full Sea: A Novel”, p.32, Penguin
“The people of South and Central Texas and the Coastal Bend need jobs, they need health care, they need water infrastructure improvements, they need a quality education, and they need the resources to keep our borders safe and secure.”
“Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards.”

Source : Chris Guillebeau (2010). “The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World”, p.149, Penguin

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