Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush

Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.

A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.

I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.

I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins.

You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.