I'm all in favor of getting grants for musicians. Or any other good brand of Scotch.

No baritone player should be afraid of the noise it makes. Harry Carney isn't!

Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, our faith triumphant o’er our fears, are all with thee – are all with thee!

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

I am bewildering you a little. Just enough to help you forget what you came to believe, so that you can remember what you’ve always known.

To be one woman truly wholly is to be all women. Tend one garden and you will birth worlds.

Sweet harmonious sounds give exquisite joy to human beings capable of appreciating music. I delight in hearing harmonious tones made by the human voice, by musical instruments, and by both combined.

The self is fundamentally an illusion arising as a reflection of the soul in matter, much as a clear lake at midnight reflects the moon.

It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in death.

I watch TV more than I used to, and the commercials don't impress me. The standard of execution is very high, but the standard of ideas is appalling.

Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.

I'm too old to be farting around with stuff that isn't precisely what I want to do.