We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves
It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.
Don't go backwards - you've already been there.
I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.
Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.
Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.
Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.
Edward Said talks about Orientalism in very negative terms because it reflects the prejudices of the west towards the exotic east. But I was also having fun thinking of Orientalism as a genre like Cowboys and Indians is a genre – they’re not an accurate representation of the American west, they’re like a fairy tale genre.
If you write what you know about, you will always be on safe ground. I am very edgy and nervous about going into territories I know nothing about. That's why you don't find much high finance, group sex, or yachting parties in my stories.
Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase ones taxes.
Again the important point to remember is that you should keep asking yourself questions. Do not make statements. Ask questions to yourself. The mind hates that.