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"I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary."
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"Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support."
"One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."
"I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone."
"None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves."
"As long one is not able to let go of the insistence on a certain opinion [faith, sect], he has not earned the right for Moksha [Ultimate Liberation]. He is not worthy of Moksha if he is in the sect. He is only worthy of material happiness; he is worthy of a celestial life."
"The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter."
"Everywhere I go, I am asked if I think university stifles writers. My opinion is that it doesn't stifle enough of them."
"He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style."
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"You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own."
"When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory."
"There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex."
"I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist."
"I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans."
"When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created."
"Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself."
"I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary."
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