“There is actually a physical connection between light and our health and wellbeing.”

“The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.”

“Soldiers manage by dividing themselves. They're one man in the killing, another at home, and the man that dandles his bairn on his knee has nothing to do wi' the man who crushed his enemy's throat ...”

“The world is vicious, too huge to care about even its own survival”

“It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.”

“First you learn the instrument, then you learn the music, then you forget all that s**t and just play.”

“The saxophone is the cocaine of the woodwind family, the sax teacher continues. Saxophonists are admired because they are dangerous, because they have explored a darker, more sinister side of thems...”