It's kind of limiting using your intellect to write songs like Brown Sugar, isn't it? The only thing I'm really interested in is comparative religion and ancient history.

True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.

The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.

A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way. But intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.