I was trained completely by ear. And it was actually diving into the Bach that led me to get - there was like a Mel Bay "Teach Yourself How To Sight Read..."

I say if you're not obsessing about something, you might not be into it quite enough.

Kill your television. Throw it out the darn window. Watch PBS in a bar.

If you want to be happy, you listen to the music; if you want to be sad, you listen to the words.

If I was any happier, you'd think I was on crack.

The minute you make a record because you think somebody's going to play it on the radio is the minute you ought to quit.

I celebrate three holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Telluride.

My thesis statement would be—Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great music.

It was kind of sort of the heavens opened up and I realized that Bach, at least, you know - out of all the classical music - needs to be a big part of my life.

I think people react so strongly to hearing the human voice, you can't give them too much of it or else they want it all the time.

The real question is, do you root for the fox in that song? Or are you horrified that the goose and the duck are being dragged off to their death, which is described in detail?

Be kind! Give small things with great love.

All the thoughts/images in our minds, and all the emotions connected with our thoughts will sooner or later manifest as our reality.

How do I create something out of nothing? And how do I create my own life? I think it is by questioning, and saying to myself that there are no absolute truths.

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

The students in your youth ministry don’t need your clever ideas and great programming skills. They need a living model—a man or woman of God who is passionate about his or her faith.

My teachings are my life.

I’m a passionate architect... I do not work for money

The Great Secret of Life is the law of attraction that says like attracts like, so when you think a thought, you are also attracting like thoughts to you.

Here I am and there is my body dancing on glass In accident time where there are no accidents You have no choice the choice comes after

I try to look on the sunny side of life. If something dramatic happens to me, I always try to recount it as a comedy tale, rather than a victim's story.