Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.
(Robert Herrick -17th century English poet)

“Mon Dieu! Musique parfois aider nous grandir…donner réponses à nous.
Nous peur…Nous peur avant jouer musique.”Mon Dieu! Musique parfois aider nous grandir…donner réponses à nous.
Nous peur…Nous peur avant jouer musique. Peur de vérité. (….)
Vous demander paroles,mais paroles traîtres! Paroles sales!
Seulement musique encore belle.
Mais musique prisonnière dans nous. Musique… pas vouloir sortir de nous.
Pourquoi?”

“Sasha” Abramovich, Le Concert (2009). (….)

(Please note that this is an “uncorrect” french spoken by a russian musician)

“The conscious manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country… We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. ”
E. Bernay – Propaganda (1928)

A quote from “Ghost Dog”, an absolutely underrated masterpiece:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165798/

“The first reason for man’s inner slavery is his ignorance, and above all, his ignorance of himself. Without self-knowledge man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave, and the plaything of the forces acting upon him.
This is why in all ancient teachings the first demand at the beginning of the way to liberation was: “Know thyself.”
George Gurdjieff