Mum decided that I could sing a bit, so she put me in a choir, which I hated and it was just a nightmare. I was a rebellious sort of choirboy.

Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.

Remember that grief is a necessary pain. It’s your only way to heal. To starve it will destroy you.”~The Grimoire

Government has a monopoly on the legal use of force and violence.

In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people.

....both had learned that everything could change in an instant, and that the heartfelt vows of people in love were fragile words that, once shattered, could cut so deeply you'd bleed forever.

I believe God will make a way.

And then at the end of the day, the most important thing is how good are you at risk control. Ninety-percent of any great trader is going to be the risk control.

In our family we have always had, and still have, this understanding: the problem of each member of the family is everybody's problem.

The Canadian painter A. Y. Jackson noted that 'failure of sight' was a tiresome problem. He meant we should be able to look at our work-in-progress as if it were previously unseen.

Dear God, thank you for my life. I forgot how big and wonderful it is.

I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out.