... 590

It's not that life gets easier with age - you simply learn to handle disappointments better.

The more I live the less I know what life is about. But, curiously, that too matters less. Life is not an assignment. 

... 589

One of the things that make music essential for me is that it mutes people. I don't get to listen about their petty problems and be safe from their pathetic whinings. I can imagine them to be kind and thoughtful, more empathetic than selfish, less self-absorbed than considerate. I just wish people tried harder.

... 588

Every great concert I go to makes me fall back in love with life. It feels like a miracle each time. I and life...we have a complicated relationship; concerts uncomplicated it at least for a while.