The Sun Will Shine In My Back

We're Like Licorice. Not Everybody Likes Licorice, But The People Who Like Licorice Really Like Licorice.

There Are Any Number Of Things That Survive Great, And Don't Need Any Kind Of Consciousness, So Why Bother Going Through All The Trouble Of Evolving Monkeys That Don't Run Very Well Or Climb Very Fast Or Have Particularly Sharp Teeth, But Have Big Heads.

People May Need Something To Celebrate. They Need A Context In Which To Celebrate Things. They Need Something That Fills The Void That's Left By The Bankruptcy Of Religion And So Forth.

I Think That America Is In Danger Of Losing Its Adventurous Spirit In The Cause Of Some Kind Of Illusion Of Safety, Or Substitute Of Law And Order There.

Music Is A Universal Language Insofar As You Don't Need To Know Anything Else About A Musician That You Are Playing With Other Than That They Can Play Music. It Doesn't Matter What Their Music Is, You Can Find Something That You Can Play Together, With What Their Culture Is. The Dialect Part Of It Comes Into Play, But Nothing Like The Differentiation That Language Sets Up, For Example.