"I don't think art is propaganda it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it."

"Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature."

"Music can affect for good or ill the body as well as the mind."

"I don't know - the idea of a specific wine paired with a specific piece of music seems a little far-fetched to me. But maybe I just need to be opened to it."

"Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them."

"Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song."