Love songs are one of the great essences of life, the only thing thats lasting.

I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.

The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter how many notes you play, you can't let them forget what the song is.

As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.

I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.

Never give up on a good thing, never give up, never give up!

The greatest teacher is just going out and playing.

The less one remembers about the day before, the more the new day will be unfettered by triviality.

The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish.

Lenny Breau dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry.

The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.

Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account nor in any part of your thinking.

I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It's sort of the stretch goal "Wow, let me see how much faster I can run" or "Let me see how many more ideas I can generate in five minutes."

Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions.

A conquered nation is like a man with cancer: he can think of nothing else.

Religion is the natural reaction of the imagination when confronted by the difficulties in a truculent world.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

I remembered something. There's a man. He is bald and wears a short sleeve shirt. And somehow, he is important to me... I think his name is... Homer.

If there is anything interesting about my story it's the fact that it's not unique at all. I feel that I have been through what almost everyone I know has - a slow and gradual maturation process.

All of us have moments in our lives when we have to choose between what we know is right and what we feel obligated to do.

Man struggles to survive, not to succumb