Max Beerbohm

When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.

To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.

Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.