I really love how the andante from the "A minor Sonata" sounds on the mandolin.

I say if you're not obsessing about something, you might not be into it quite enough.

Kill your television. Throw it out the darn window. Watch PBS in a bar.

If you want to be happy, you listen to the music; if you want to be sad, you listen to the words.

If I was any happier, you'd think I was on crack.

The minute you make a record because you think somebody's going to play it on the radio is the minute you ought to quit.

I was trained completely by ear. And it was actually diving into the Bach that led me to get - there was like a Mel Bay "Teach Yourself How To Sight Read..."

I celebrate three holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Telluride.

My thesis statement would be—Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great music.

It was kind of sort of the heavens opened up and I realized that Bach, at least, you know - out of all the classical music - needs to be a big part of my life.

I think people react so strongly to hearing the human voice, you can't give them too much of it or else they want it all the time.

The devil doesn't care about your age when he wants to destroy you, neither does God when He is about to save you.

Shine and shimmer my Harvest Moon, illuminate the shadows in the sky.

You try, you fail. You try, you fail. But only when you stop trying, do you really fail.-Madam Leota

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.

I want to stay true to who I am by trying to be in the moment.

I'd sleep in a little, work out, do laundry, run errands, buy presents for people with birthdays coming up. I like it when I don't have to be anywhere, and anything I do is my choice.

The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.

We all have our little illusions about our own mental abilities.

The lens is a tyranny.

Google is very much a not-invented-here, build-it-ourselves culture.