"People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very
selfish, but it's understandable."
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will
be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
"You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the
bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing — that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of
something and knowing something. "