Then I recalled that Andersen belongs to the world,

When the media attention switches away from this story onto the next thing that happens in the world, the circumstances will still be there.

People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I've heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven't even heard.

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

'Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two words I've never liked. I think they imply some sort of decay. A settling.

Oh, I know that she's disgusted,
cause she's feeling so abused.
She gets tired of the lust,
but it's so hard to refuse.