I've Always Tried To Go A Step

A Primary Function Of Art And Thought Is To Liberate The Individual From The Tyranny Of His Culture In The Environmental Sense And To Permit Him To Stand Beyond It In An Autonomy Of Perception And Judgment.

Don't Get Me Started On Critics.

My Voice Had A Long, Nonstop Career. It Deserves To Be Put To Bed With Quiet And Dignity, Not Yanked Out Every Once In A While To See If It Can Still Do What It Used To Do. It Can't.

There Are No Shortcuts To Any Place Worth Going.

Attachment To Spiritual Things Is... Just As Much An Attachment As Inordinate Love Of Anything Else.