“When Papa could speak normally, I had asked him very few questions. Now I wanted to make up for lost time. So we talked about music, but it was a strange conversation, between someone who knew nothing but a great many words and one who knew everything but not a single word.”
Source: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
“We are the song of the universe. We sing with the angelic host. We are the musicians. ... Our song orders the rhythm of creation.”
Source: Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Titling Planet, An Acceptable Time)
“White people have been accused of not seasoning our chicken. But what about other poultry? I season duck with layered flavors of various aquatic spices, like swimming, splashing, and powdered saxophone music.”
Source: Powdered Saxophone Music
“My ducks have trumpets for beaks. I do NOT farm the way liquid jazz would fill up an elevator and turn it into an ascending pond.”
Source: Powdered Saxophone Music
“What if instead of rain, songs were stored in clouds? Instead of Cumulonimbus, they were Cumulonimusic?”
Source: Powdered Saxophone Music
“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
“Life becomes peaceful when you understand that your feelings belong to you, not to anyone else. People may hurt you, disappoint you, or leave you, but how long you stay affected is your choice. The moment you stop expecting others to handle your emotions, you start gaining control over your peace. In relationships, this truth saves you from a lot of pain. Because when your happiness depends only on others, you lose yourself. But when it comes from within, no one can take it away.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“Growing up, my mom gave me the choice of either golf lessons or piano, and of course I chose the more musical option. That's how I learned to make triumphant trumpet noises with my mouth.”
Source: Powdered Saxophone Music
“I have a musical voice. My songs are best enjoyed in powdered ice-cream format.”
Source: Powdered Saxophone Music
“U2 makes music for guys who have ears and can hear. But U2 makes concert imagery for guys who need visual stimulation to help push kidney stones through their urethras.”
Source: Powdered Saxophone Music