Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that.

This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.

I understand things that are American, for better or worse.

That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.

I began ear training when I was about six months old. My mother was a concert pianist, and she started all of her children with music before they were a year old. Then she began to see that I had a musical gift...

Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.

I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.