The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified.

Write the music your inside-you needs your outside-you to hear.

Nerves, stress and the pressure to perform are a part of life. You don't have to conquer these feelings; just learn to live with them.

When I had my first experiences of choral singing, the dissonance of those close harmonies was so exquisite that I would giggle or I would tear up, and I felt it in a physical way.

When I think of people I am close to, I genuinely feel that I can include Josh Lyman, Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg and Sam Seaborn.

I think [the virtual choir] speaks well to a benevolent future for the Internet.

No, honestly, my mouth shouldn't be able to function unless my brain's engaged.

Humanity lived many years and ruled the earth, sometimes wisely, sometimes well, but mostly neither.

At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.

The death of marriage has been announced so often and would seem so normal, in a sense. So what's surprising is the sheer longevity and tenacity of this institution.

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.

Pain is a part of being alive, and we need to learn that. Pain does not last forever, nor is it necessarily unbeatable, and we need to be taught that.

Obviously, you want to get the best deal possible for yourself, but teams just don't want to spend that money for fear of being in the luxury tax.

We are now so far advanced in our denial of evil that we want to rationalise it away.

The roughest and toughest fighter I fought was Joe Frazier

If we get through for two minutes only it will be a start!