Without words to objectify and categorize our sensations and place them in relation to one another, we cannot evolve a tradition of what is real in the world.

Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides.

To overturn orthodoxy is no easier in science than in philosophy, religion, economics, or any of the other disciplines through which we try to comprehend the world and the society in which we live.

Scientists construct facts by constantly making decisions about what they will consider significant, what experiments they should pursue, and how they will describe their observations.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.

Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years.

Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.

I always imagine that if I met Dr. Seuss, he would be very similar to Crispin Glover.

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

If you are digging for excellent or suggestive renderings, this is among the richer mines.

You have a divine right to choose whom you will play with and under what circumstances. By eliminating any energy drag, the positive good things in your life will resonate faster and faster.