Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists. – Henri Frederic Amiel
Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers. – Billy Joel
There ought to be some other means of reckoning quality in this the best and loveliest of games; the scoreboard is an ass. – Neville Cardus, A Fourth Innings with Cardus, 1981, referring to cricket
