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- All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler
- I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. — Henry David Thoreau
- Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. — George Eliot
- The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself. — Taylor Hackford
- Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice. — Taylor Hackford
- Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society. — Taylor Hackford