“Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, 'Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living.' We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoist”

“Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.”