In zen, it is a cardinal sin to waste time. To waste time is to squander the here and now, which, if you think about it, is all that we have.

Put in an honest day's work. It is the building block of a spiritual life.

In zen, it is a cardinal sin to waste time. To waste time is to squander the here and now, which, if you think about it, is all that we have.

Each moment is new. We have never lived it before and will never live it again. It is familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.

Zen teaches that our approach to today determines our whole approach to life.

Stop thinking about the audience and what they may be thinking of your music. Just play the music.

there is no yesterday or tomorrow; there is only this moment. Twenty-four hours a day. Seven days a week. Three hundred sixty-five days a year.