"A lot of the bands I loved, I didn't know where they came from or where they were going."

“You know what I think? Very few people play because they love the game. Most of them play because they make good money. They keep playing because of the money. I could care less about it. If I don't love the game, no check is going to keep me playing.”

“call it crazy, or just chicken salad. But within reason, or without it i was in it too.”

“Advice,' Doña Vorchenza chuckled. 'Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you're a nag. Give it at seventy and you're a sage.”

“It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up.”

“In New York, I like it when you can get bagels at 3 in the morning.”

“The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.”

“I'm not 'one of the guys.' I don't want to pretend to be one on stage. I'm not going to dress like a guy or carry myself like one.”

“The Righteous Salaf were as fearful of their good deeds being squandered, or not being accepted, as the present generation is certain that their neglect would be forgiven.”