And while it is hard enough to take away something that makes a person happy it's even more difficult when it seems like it's the only thing.

It sounded stupid, but of course everything does when you're just getting the bare bones facts, only the basics.

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

The only trick was never giving more that you were willing to lose.

There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can ever truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together.

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened - good, bad, or anywhere in between - it was always, if nothing else, all your own.

I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what I know.