When I think of music, I think of music in its totality, complete. From the lowest blues to the highest symphony, you know, so what I'd like to do is exemplify each style of as many periods as I can possibly do.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.

If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.