Don't expect to make a living on it. Be able to hammer a nail or do retail, doing your music on the side!

I really like world music. I used to think it was simple but it's far from that.

I throw down a lot on paper and on tape. Sometimes while I'm practicing on the guitar, I'll think of a song.

At a certain point, I got used to writing on demand. I developed a habit of writing like I hired myself! I also like to write about things that affect me emotionally.

Many of the African musicians are well-schooled and well-versed...what they do takes a high level of musicianship.

Everybody can perform, there are so many outlets. Musicians are no longer limited. In the past, the record companies made most of the money. I for one am not sorry to see them fade away.

Most true musicians don't do it for the money, they do it because they love it. When I did slam poetry, it was a great way for me to express myself, I loved it.

But then he combs his fingers through my hair, starting at the base of my neck, and I shiver with uncontrollable, unexpected pleasure.

His eyes burned with intensity. I wondered briefly if someonehe knew was being held in that cold room that smelled like death. Someone he loved?

There are truths that are not for all men nor for all times.

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

The hair is really a way to push me even farther out of just what people know me for. I don't really know what people know me for.

More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor.

He couldn't tell the difference between one politician and another. They were all formlessly enthusiastic chimpanzees to him.

Building a solid foundation in the early years of a child's life will not only help him or her reach their full potential but will also result in better societies as a whole.

Hark," he said, his tone very dry. "What stone through yonder window breaks?

After winning Ascot's Queen Alexandra Stakes on Brown Jack- If you'd been on your honeymoon, you couldn't have had a happier time.