At Bloomington, Indiana, I was invited to listen to music written in quarter tones for four harps and voices. I had to go out to be sick.

Many composers today don't know what the human throat is.

There are names I do not want mentioned in my home.

Under every roof, a story, just as behind every brow, a history

The sole duty of a man is to love his Maker with all his soul.

I think there's a weird self-affirmation thing that happens in popular music in general. It seems like every song I hear on the radio is like, "Listen to me roar!" or "This is my fight song!"

I'm very sensitive. Emotionally, I bruise very easily. I'm a Leo, and this is very characteristic of our sign.

There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is to be mindful.

A self-help book can't really address a problem unless it's individualized. It's not going to talk about a globalized problem.

I don't miss it. I'm glad it happened, but I don't miss it.

I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.

Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.

Whenever I do something I tend to focus on it and spend all of my time and energy on it.