“Religion may become a fashion as well as anything else; and, when it does become so, it has as little to do, in those who thus hold it, with the heart and the character as any other fashion.”

He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness.

It’s funny when you’re a kid how you can acclimate to almost anything.

I’ve learned to really just say no. If I don’t want to do something, I won’t do it. There’s nothing that can make me do anything.

As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.

She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.

Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.

One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don’t know anything you don’t need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.

What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?

I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.