True, but he also said "You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream."
So, there is that to consider as well...
I've always liked those comics where you know the writer comes up with something a little questionable and thinks "Heh, I can't get away with that!" only to follow it up with "Hmm, wait, maybe if I just add..." ?