I practice more than ever ... mostly scales and arpeggios ... and anything I can't do.

I practiced two or three hours, sometimes none, sometimes six. It was very varied.

Hearing Andres Segovia in person was quite a revelation ... It was a knockout.

Friendship is a poetry of life that is written in two hearts.

Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.

Scars can mark you for greatness.

Any church that emphasizes on miracles is simply telling His members that they don’t need to qualify but depend on the supernatural power.

It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools.

The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.

There would have been more 'I love you's' and more, 'I'm sorry's'.

No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.

The Unity Band project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.

That's more along what the story is, as opposed to me being onstage singing.