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“At this stage of my life, I've dedicated myself to playing what I want to play, how I want to play it for the rest of my time. Regardless of whether one might like it or one might not like it, this is where I am.”
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“Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe ... that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.”
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“For me, noise is not something I use to shock, or because it's funny, or weird, or whatever. I use it because I find it beautiful.”
Source : Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002. 
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“From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soulessness of men”
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“The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it.”
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“Art is the method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth.”
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“Deception by an omission of the truth is as bad as a lie.”
Source : Jennifer Chiaverini (2012). “The Sugar Camp Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel”, p.26, Simon and Schuster
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“The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy.”
