"Ayn Rand taught some very valuable lessons--such as not being buffaloed by mass think, and valuing your own integrity--"

That's what I got out of her writing early on, Amos. Among other things, when set upon as I described above ("When are you going to stop messing around with those cowboy songs and take your music studies seriously?"), it helped me stick to my guns.

But the more I read of her stuff, the more disenchanted I became with her.

Don Firth