I have known her longer, my smile said. True, you have been inside the circle of her arms, tasted her mouth, felt the warmth of her, and that is something I have never had. But there is a part of her that is only for me. You cannot touch it, no matter how hard you might try. And after she has left you I will still be here, making her laugh. My light shining in her. I will still be here long after she has forgotten your name.

We all become what we pretend to be.

I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

Performance and music are inexorably tied together. And hell, I'll watch Brittany's Toxic music video all day. But there's a difference between that and listening to Leo Kottke play guitar. One is entertainment. The other is Music.

It's not prowess if you watch 5 hours of TV a day. It's just how you choose to spend your time.

If you can find someone like that, someone who you can hold and close your eyes to the world with, then you're lucky.

Practice makes the master.