“What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.”– Ellen Burstyn Related Quotes “The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone.”– James Baldwin “Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital.”– Keith Richards “Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.”– Lajos Kossuth