While some people are good at painting, playing an instrument or singing, I have been told more than once I am good at storytelling. I hope that you enjoy my stories as I recall them.

The thought that your time and your life will melt away should create a sense of urgency to do something of worth with it before it all melts away.

You have to Learn to know yourself, before you can know what you need to Learn.

Expectations hinder you from being prepared for the unexpected

He retrieved the words from somewhere long forgotten. They floated through the foggy recesses of his mind, plucked from the dark and released into the air like a dove.

I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.

Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.

I actually really do meditation and then I spend my morning reading.

If you can imagine missing feeling sad, it's the only thing worse than pain.

Dying for dark — and the darker the Worse. Strange.

Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.