The first question that comes out of everybody's mouth, 'Did you bite the head off a bat?' And I did, so, next. "
As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things.
As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.
Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
The worst thing you can do is say to yourself, "I want to be just like somebody else. " You have to absorb knowledge from someone else, but ultimately you have to find your own voice.
I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven.
truth is that which makes a people certain, clear, and strong.
To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism
The fact that you're having disagreements with each other isn't a problem -that just shows that there are some areas of your relationship that need to be worked on. And that's normal. People are different, so of course you're going to run into times where your differences come out and rub each other the wrong way. But what's important is that you both commit to work on those differences until both of you are satisfied. When you do that, you're walking the right road together and over the long-run you'll do just fine.