My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.
Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
When I was working with Talking Heads what would happen typically is that they would go out and start playing a track, and I would always run the tape. I always record everything, even a run through where you're trying to get in tune. That's a principle because sometimes when the situation isn't clear interesting things happen, and they are worth listening to again.
The trouble with New Age music is that there's no evil in it.
The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.
I'd rather hold one note for an hour and modulate it so that it means something than play 3,000 notes in 15 seconds.
I always say my God will take care of me. If it's my time I'll go, and if it's not I won't. I feel that He really has a lot of important things for me to do. And He's going to make sure that I'm here to do them.
In code, it never pays to rush.
I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.
It is apparent that Christianity and Islam must come, and come immediately, to a closer understanding, and it is equally apparent that their unity if achieved, will be the most effective defensive measure against Communist expansion.