If I lived in another country, like a country that was, say, an enemy of the United States, I would be more amused than I am.
I think anybody who goes away finds you appreciate home more when you return.
As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.
Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
The worst thing you can do is say to yourself, "I want to be just like somebody else. " You have to absorb knowledge from someone else, but ultimately you have to find your own voice.
I don't know what drives me to succeed. I know I want to always do the best I can. I guess I was maybe in little league baseball as far as I wanted to be good at that. But school, I certainly wasn't the best at that.
A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.
It's not really the job of a public servant to inspire, but to get the job that the people demand done. The Democrats think that if they have hope and are inspired, things will get better, but they actually won't.
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.