I got so many emails and text messages, my phone blew up because it couldn't handle everybody. It's like almost being at your own funeral because of the way the headline read.

It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do.

It's so important to me to make the music right that I didn't have time to be intimidated.

Scott Tixier is an exciting young jazz violinist and is making an international name for himself. I heard him in France and was immediately struck by his individuality and his sound.

WHAT? YOU AGAIN?' he shouted in capital letters.

A story is the shortest distance between being a stranger and being a friend.

Was this what humans were really like? They seemed like drooling idiots to me. I was shocked they walk and breathe at the same time?

Giving out of your surplus does not make you generous, it makes your selfishness more tolerable! Giving while you are lacking is what pleases the Lord.

Patriotism is racism for the modern era.

My advice to this investor is the same that I give to the young investors in my classes Devote the same earnest attention to investing that $50,000 as you devoted to earning it.

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the punk rock kids fed the homeless in the town square.

I purpose publishing these Letters here in the world before I return to you. Two editions. One, unedited, for Bible readers and their children; the other, expurgated, for persons of refinement

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.