Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Music religious heat inspires,
It wakes the soul, and lifts it high,
And wings it with sublime read more

Music religious heat inspires,
It wakes the soul, and lifts it high,
And wings it with sublime desires,
And fits it to bespeak the Deity.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant read more

Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says "I want to do this song of yours" because they've connected to it. read more

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says "I want to do this song of yours" because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.

If music and sweet poetry agree.

If music and sweet poetry agree.

You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.

You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.