Lasik surgery has evolved. Remarkably, it has merged with cataract surgery to give birth to a new procedure called Prelex.

They were strong singers, with swift minds and open good humor--arrogant enough to think they could stand on a stage and dogged enough to have done the work to get there.

This life is a process of learning.

You learn so much about music from all the people you surround yourself with - good, bad and indifferent. It's extremely hard to be specific.

I'm never going to be content with a comeback when you end up losing ... You can't just accept being in a game that's close and end up losing it. It's just not okay.

The first step in the journey is to lose your way.

Count your blessings - not your troubles.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.

The likely economic effects [of the war in Iraq] would be relatively small... Under every plausible scenario, the negative effect will be quite small relative to the economic benefits.

I have a hard time watching myself.