drunk on the idea that love, only love could heal our brokenness

"to laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children. to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the BETRAYAL of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit BETTER. whether by a healthy child, a garden patch... to know even ONE life breathed easier because YOU have lived. THIS is to have succeeded." -Emerson

"music is just a means of creating a magical state." -Robert Fripp

"i have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds." -Bjork

"i just wanted a song to sing & there came a point where i couldn't sing anything... nobody else was writing what i wanted to sing. i couldn't find it anywhere. if i could i probably would never have started writing." -Bob Dylan

"basically, the whole world is doomed. so the way that i try to make it better... is by playing music that could be spiritually uplifting, that could put people in a positive state of mind. where they would have the energy to get up & do something, anything." -Red Hot Chili Peppers

"in the end i think of music as saving grace for all humanity." - Henry Miller