The great virtues of the German people have created more evils than idleness ever did vices

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Love is being stupid together.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

If I am not worth the wooing I surely am not worth the winning.

It's the risk takers that move the human race forward.

I've had the philosophy that John Adams expressed, in the kind of system that we're trying to create in this country: that this is a system for moral people. It will work for no other.

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.

If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.

I called Leo Fender, the dead guy, a dork. Now I'll never get an endorsement.

I have the experience of age and suffering.

Mauricio Pellegrino has the pace of a tricycle with a flat tyre ridden by Luciano Pavarotti, and the turning speed of an oil tanker with its anchor set.

Feel is a lot more important than accuracy.

I don't think imitation is the highest form of flattery, I think it's annoying.