I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!
After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.
Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.

