I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students.
“Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.”
“Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.”