Yes, very wise words.
Perfectly safe to fly in the conditions you describe (despite what others might be hinting at), so long as you stick to a certain flight profile, i.e. remaining below the cloudbase. If ATC ask you to do something outside of that flight profile, you must tell them!
I can think of lots of other examples, too. ATC once asked me to head east to keep out of the way of an airliner.... but to the east of me was a big wall of cloud. Or perhaps they are directing you to use a runway other than the one you want (or need) to use. Probably lots more examples if I thought about it too.
Thanks!
FFF
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