"I think it is in the nature of poetry to be open to the world, to be open to experience, to be open to the other."
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The rule of law is a necessary condition for the development of a modern economy.
I don't make music for the critics. I make music for the fans.
Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.