I am not here for me I am not here to promote my ego I am here to serve the Great Spirit To be a voice for those afraid to speak To be movement for those who are stuck I am here to reveal a mystery To learn something new about myself
Originality in art puts charm where it wasn't.
To see the outside world as the same stuff as our most secret or unknown thoughts is a fine necessity.
The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.
If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake.
The most important thing in industry is the person who does the industry, which is the worker. . . Labor is the only source of wealth.
Music for a long time has been telling what the world is like. What music has to say now, in a manner that has both logic and emotion in it, is that the world has a structure persons could like; be stronger by. . . . [If] the world is the oneness of opposites - and music says it is - the world is given an everlastingly sensible basis; for what could be more sensible that to be calm and forceful at once, reposeful and intense at once?
In my 10 years that I spent out in TV and film, I had my shares of frustrations and annoyances and disappointments, but also I think it was, in the long run, it was very good for me in a whole bunch of ways.
All that was clear that the profits to be had from smart people making complicated bets overwhelmed anything that could be had from servicing customers, or allocating capital to productive enterprise.
I feel like I'm man of the people: meeting people, respecting people and accepting people.
. . . and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still.