I work hard and I will always work hard. But I feel very lucky with the way that it has all come together.

The heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man.

Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio City or Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra.

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.

Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.

Well, I'm stubborn and wrong, but at least I know it.

I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano.

The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

You can derive everything that is healthy for yourself in the woods.

I went horseback riding and got a big chunk of horse manure kicked into my face. It has a way of slapping you right back into reality.

Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano is.

I have always been fascinated by the ocean, to dip a limb beneath its surface and know that I'm touching eternity, that it goes on forever until it begins here again.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

The best defense is a well-directed fire from your own guns.

No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you.

It is a tremendous waste of energy to try to block anyone else. That same energy could be applied to furthering your own success.

When disaster waves, I try not to wave back.

If God were only mighty, we would Salute Him. But since he is Merciful and Mighty, we can approach Him.

All my writing has been an effort to sort out the paradoxes of my life.

I'd like to be remembered for music that moves people, that takes them some place else, that means something to them, reminds them of a good time or place, some memory, some positive moment.

People here are funny. They work so hard at living, they forget how to live.