Music criticism should be to musicians what ornithology is to the birds.

Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has, and all the refined, subtle sensuality that one can ask for

Great music has layers of things to discover. I try to do so every night.

The closer we are to God, the richer we are

I've always known that even if the world threatens to collapse, with one hand, you'd hold up the sky, and the other, around me.

So, timely you came, and well you chose, You came when most needed, my winter rose. From the snow I pluck you, and fondly press Your leaves 'twixt the leaves of my leaflessness.

A vocation makes us unthinking; that is its greatest blessing. For it is a bulwark behind which we are permitted to withdraw whencommonplace doubts and cares assail us.

I got to say hello to Snoop Dogg. I got to, I was being barged out of the way by his bodyguards but I got to say hello to him which was cool.

One of my favorite things being on movies is that when you're working, it's the best thing that's ever happened, and then in the downtime, you socialize and go to dinner.

I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself.

You have to be careful not to get overexposed.

Never forget that your days are blessed. You may know how to profit by them, or you may not, but they are blesses.

Do you have the belief in you to move on, even when the whole world is against you, with swords in their hands?