Music is like painting in sound. You take it into your inner heart and never lose it. It's eternally mysterious.

I have never known anyone from Texas, no matter how far they go or what they do, who isn't proud of being from Texas.

The brick of my life is music, but the mortar is faith.

Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like.

I'm not a success, I'm a sensation.

Music is like painting in sound. You take it into your inner heart and never lose it. It's eternally mysterious.

If you hold onto the beauty and inspiration and the clarity that is music, you will have an anchor, you will not be too far swayed by what the world is