Music is only a mystery to people who want it explained. Music and love are the same.

But say you do find the right people - how do you love them without smothering them?...How do you not suffocate them with all the love you've built up in their absence?

Every moment is the paradox of now or never.

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

Death is the most sophisticated form of beauty, and the most difficult to accept.

Succes is really nothing more than the record of failure. To be successful means you must be willing to fail more than anyone else.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.