It's very heartening to see people who I used to do music with still doing it.
It's still possible to be a cockeyed optimist these days - you just have to be a little more cockeyed.
There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize.
If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.
If you feel you are down on your luck, check the level of your effort.
There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct.
Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required.
Great necessities call out great virtues.
I once had a young musician come to me and say that he wanted to be a professional musician. I asked him to write his list. When he came back to me, the three things in his life he most wanted were: to be paid for his music; to travel around the world; to meet new people. We came to the decision, after thinking really creatively, that if he got a job on a cruise ship, he would fulfill those goals.
The best Leaders Without a Title use their heads and listen to their hearts.
And now that I don't want to own anything any more and am free, now I suddenly own everything, now my inner riches are immeasurable.