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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

A home without books is a body without soul.

I know that the last thing a book wants is to just sit around unread, serving as an element of interior decorating. So when I have people over, all they have to do is glance at my books, and I implore them to take a few home with them. If I am really ambitious, I pack books into boxes and donate them to prisons.

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.

There's always been a piano around the house, and I've grown up around it. It's a massive part of my life and always has been.

Without the piano, my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.

Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is.