Efforts following 9/11 were important. They set a tone. They reminded those who might be tempted to take out their anger on an entire community that such actions were wrong.

One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows.

Fear leads to no where but to ground zero.

A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.

Appreciate your mom. She is wiser than you think and stronger than you know. Be thankful.

Human beings are essentially here for two purposes - to learn about and express love, and to create. We learn about love in all our relationships.

All of a sudden you have this feeling of clarity. Backcountry snowboarding has really done a lot to boost that feeling in me.

Outing is brutal and it should be reserved for brutes

When you're a monster, you are thanked and praised for not being a monster.

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.

In Africa, music is not an art form as much as it is a means of communication.