The Internet had been a BIG help with my career. My advice to musicians, Internet is the key. It gets your music heard all across the world.
Losing innocence. Remembering Heaven. That was the essence of Hell
Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.
We are all dying of life.
Libraries are magical places. There's nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves. Each spine, each title, seems to beckon with a promise of incredible wonders, surprises, and adventures.
The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.
Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.
The science of style as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style.
Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting.
Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions.
What is not in nature can never be true.