I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.

I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me.

Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what you feel like doing at that moment. Enjoy not having to look at a watch.

I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.

Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.

Music really is our daily medicine.

When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.

A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we've commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos.

Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.

Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting; it's something far, far deeper than that.

I do not want to grow for the sake of growth. Never will I be blinded by greed.

I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.

This is my fault. Give me the ball.

In every community, whether large or small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times.

Life and career kind of catches up with you.

The Colombian economy is very strong. We have one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America.

Every man and every living creature has a sacred right to the gladness of springtime.

If you insist on wearing gloves, make sure they match your purse.

I cannot do politics under someone else's control.

President Bush is manufacturing a crisis by suggesting that Social Security is in imminent danger. It is not.