Here is a quote from Vonnegut's new book, A Man Without a Country: "If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way to making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make a soul grow, for heaven's sake.
Also, he states what he wants on his tombstone: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
