Those who can command themselves command others.
At this point, I feel like I have roots in a lot of places. I have friends who have put down roots, in Seattle and San Francisco and Portland, and I feel very close to them.
Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler.
I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.
The only I would say is a little different is when I know my parents are in the audience. That's never going to be the same as another concert.
The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.
My riches are my family and my foster children. I try to store any material wealth in my hand, not my heart, so that I always feel free to give it away when the opportunity arises.
When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched.
I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say: O. K. , you're not that good. You just reached the level here. I don't ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.
For we need this thing wilderness far more than it needs us. Civilizations (like glaciers) come and go, but the mountain and its forest continue the course of creation's destiny. And in this we mere humans can take part-by fitting our civilization to the mountain.