I grew up playing classical guitar, so everything I learned was rooted in technique, form, presentation..

You can't live in history. You've got to build for the future..

I read, therefore I'm interested in writers..

I liked being challenged by music. It's good for me..

The best of Mozart's works cannot be even slightly rewritten without diminishment..

Why be timid? Death is coming..

Don't live with writers. Writers are bastards..

Don't leave. Stay, and make things better..

with one image he would make that beauty explode into me..

We learn nothing by being right..

There are good places to play and bad places..

Nothing good comes out of depression..

I'm getting grumpier all the time..

It is hidden but always present..

Neither fear nor resist change - cultivate it..

God never violates the trust we put in Him..

Music to me is life. It's what gets me going..

I never tried to kill myself or anything..

I keep everything that's private private..

I like to be around things that I find inspiring..

I learn a lot; what I learn cannot be expressed in words..