Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever.

Encourage over Praise

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.