“I have been studying history for the past 40 years.”
“What is the biggest misconception people have about history?”
“The fact that history repeats itself. Before the industrial revolution it probably did, but ever since then changes within society are taking place so fast. It became impossible to predict the future. Before a father could advice his son about the future because he knew what was coming for him. Nowadays a father will not know what kind of world his son will be living in.”
“Would you say we can learn from history”
“We could but the art is to recognize certain patterns in history. Many people think something like for example the holocaust will never happen again but I believe they are wrong. Such disasters could always happen again, just in a different form.”

“Ohh dear, I think this bird just pooped all over my hat.”

I am that person my friends go to if they need a word of advice. Seen at Leidsestraat

“I have been working in cafés and restaurants almost my entire life. Because the heavy physical work my back is completely worn out. I keep myself busy as much as my body will allow me to. I am not the type of person to stay home all day and I am definitely not the kind of person to be sad about my situation.”

“Of course you can take my photograph while I am eating my kroket but hurry up. I am a social worker and I only have 5 minutes to get from one client to another.”


“music is an endless ocean. the best thing we can do is trying to dip in it. we probably won’t change the direction of the stream, but at least there will be one mutual thing between us and our musical ancestors and heroes: the most amazing fucking swimming experience in the history of human kind. In the end its all about devotion and honesty. No one can really judge your art or musicianship apart from you, your amount of seriousness to this art form, and the deep acknowledgment that there is nothing else in life that can make you happier..”