A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
New music? Hell, there's been no new music since Stravinsky.
San Francisco is one of the great cultural plateaus of the world - one of the really urbane communities in the United States - one of the truly cosmopolitan places and for many, many years, it always has had a warm welcome for human beings from all over the world