Old is unwanted. You don't find Thais going to the thrift store. They want new clothes. They want the newest cell phone.

Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.

In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their musical legacy seriously.

I've had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we're truly after.

There hasn't been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres. They're not into dicing and slicing everything up.

Of course he loves me. I’m his sister.”“Blood isn’t love, ” said Magnus, and his voice was bitter.

Nikki looks at me, confused. “What’s wro

When we love the stars light up, the wrong becomes undone. Naturally, my soul surrenders.

Just because something causes you to have a feeling of aesthetic beauty does not make it a work of art.

Society ... can afford to grant more than before because its interests have become the innermost drives of its citizens.

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.

I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.

A rut is a grave with the ends knocked out.

America was built by immigrants. Almost nobody that I know is any more than three generations, maybe four generations, American.

There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.