No school can work well for children if parents and teachers do not act in partnership on behalf of the children's best interests

Parents can offer their help by suggesting and locating resources likely to be unfamiliar to children, such as people, books, andmaterials that can be useful.

I want to be able to be alone, to find it nourishing - not just a waiting.

I still don't have a car. I still travel by public transport. I take autos to travel to and fro for recordings.

At first an ordeal and then an accomplishment, the daily run becomes a staple, like bread, or wine, a fine marriage, or air. It is also a free pass to friendship.

There's no point apologizing about where you come from.

It's weird watching President Bush struggle with excuses for why we went to war. As he struggles, it reminds us all what a terrific liar Bill Clinton really was.

Both of my marriages have taught me the same lesson twice over really harsh: listen to your instincts. Don't be a people pleaser.

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people.

One moment cannot be the most important.

Hitler was unapproachable and impenetrable even for those in his close company.

I try to put what's evocative in the music to me, I try and put that out there in terms of titles and imagery, or implication towards the listener.