"Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar."

"The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise."

"I always entertain great hopes."

"The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended."

"All art is quite useless."

"A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music."

"Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you have rhythm and you love music, then play and play and play until you get to where you want to get. If you can pay the rent, great. If you can't, then you'd better be having fun."

"Art is never finished, only abandoned."