One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows.

You will never know all there is to know. You will learn until your final days. Then you will inspire someone else. This is what an artist does.

The secret is not to make your music louder. But to make the world quieter.

Silence enhances music. What you do not play can sweeten what you do. But it is not the same with words. What you do not say can haunt you.

There is a reason you glance up when you first hear a melody, or tap your foot to the sound of a drum. All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?

Loneliness was like an ogre hovering over those activities

Memories are not in places, Papa. Memories are in your mind. They're here, too.

some things you endure for a reason

At a certain point, your life is more about your legacy to your kids than anything else.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.

In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human.

Time means nothing to me.

My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality.

Throughout the world, the family is increasingly under attack. If families fail, many of our political, economic, and social systems will also fail.

It was going to be the journey of a lifetime, a journey that millions dream of and never make, and I wanted to do justice to all those dreams.

I love Hawaii. I really enjoy surfing in Oahu, and Waianae is such a great area. And Maui - I like Maui a lot, too.

I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail.