"There's more good music being made now than ever before."

"The making of music is profoundly affected by the market."

"Yeah, anybody can go in with two turntables and a microphone or a home studio sampler and a little cassette deck or whatever and make records in their bedrooms."

"I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert."

"Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art."

"It is a humble truth that wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot."

"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."

"I think newspapers shouldn't try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which may be long-form journalism and using photos and art, and making connections with large-form graphics and really enhancing the tactile experience of paper."