In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

The artist’s role is to disturb.

我不想成为一个榜样，我只想做我自己。

Music is reflection of self. We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail.