Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, 'Are my songs literature?'. (11 dec 2016, from his Nobel Prize acceptance speech read by Azita Raji, U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, during the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm.)
Not(=anmärkning, anteckning, kommentar) once have I ever had the time to ask(=burk, etui, box, låda, fodral, förpackning, skrin, dosa) myself, 'Are my songs literature?'.