I turn the good parts up and the bad parts down

The best songs don't get recorded; the best recordings don't get released; and the best releases don't get played.

What makes that record special is something that is gone from music today - it's called a rhythm section.

I haven't seen a lot of young producers who work the floor in a traditional way.

You can’t be “it” for everyone. In fact, if you try to please everyone, you will please no one, especially yourself.

How many lovers did a person need, anyway?

Your success is your responsibility. Take the initiative, do the work, and persist to the end.

I've met an attractive weasel or two in my time. He looks more like a rat." -pg.170-

Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow.

I was born serious and I have earned my bread making other people laugh.

I always wanted to be a sprinter.

Death fosters life that life may suckle death.

It was the family tradition. I wanted to live up to the name-McNair.

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.