Quotes from authors that died on Feb 13th
Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.
Richard Wagner
I wish I could score everything for horns.
Richard Wagner
Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
Waylon Jennings
I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.
Richard Wagner
If at the end of May we don't, we'll reform, regroup, decide how we're going to go about it, but if the task force can't come up with the bill, I'm going to push mine, and go ahead and make the changes in it that we've been working on now for a year or two and just go for it.
Charlie Norwood
Louis Jordan 
William Bartram 
W. Somerset Maugham 
Karl Urban 
Joe Elliott 
Joanna Newsom 
Gary Gygax 
Paul Weller