Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.
Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family friends and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone uninterrupted and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.
I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously - a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor which is part of what I try to do too.