Everybody changes, not just me..

I want your hands on my head.” I nod and edge back to make room for him. “Does it calm your racing thoughts?” He shakes his head, then takes my hand ….

I thought we talked things out!' 'Yes, and you listened very carefully to every word you had to say..

That’s what you do for family. Anything..

The old Lena is dead..

It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance..

What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about..

Music gave me something to do in my life..

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?.

Eat right and you can’t go wrong..

I don't like overt traditionalism..

I love seeing things that work in the micro and work in the macro..

The worse they are the more they see beauty in each other..

Let us be French as the Americans are English..

The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do..

Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner..

I don't really like ska..

I am racing to the studio the moment that God affords me the opportunity to hear again..

Education isn't something you can finish.

Just being from New York, that's something that you do - knowing how to dress..

I like things to reverberate, to be suggestive..