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"We cannot measure time. We can only measure changes of life and the universe."

"I wouldn't ask too much of her,' I ventured. 'You can't change the past.''Can't change the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!"

"A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars."

"Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke."

"The value of time is immeasurable."

"Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever."

"Worrying about what happened on Monday, or, what might happen on Wednesday, is at the expense of one's Tuesday."
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"It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords."

"It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time."

"When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs."

"When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue."

"Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band."

"I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there."

"I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments."
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