I don't look down to an audience. I look up to them. They respond to quality.

I think if you have a passion for what you do then there are no limitations on how long or how much you can accomplish.

I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older.

I've taken stuff from people, too. You know though, if you steal from one person, you're just a thief. But if you steal from everyone, that's research.

If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.

Someday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.

To work is to feel alive.

"Benedetto" means the "blessed one" and I feel that I have truly been blessed.

When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do

I can't ask for more out of life, and the more I learn, the less I know.

In the whole world, Everyone is a creative with their own way and idea.

Being an Australian that's been No. 1 in the world back home playing in Australia, that's a pretty cool moment to have.

Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave.

The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.

Making prohibition work is like making water run uphill; it's against nature.

The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly

The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to dialogue with all people.

Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums.