Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.

I'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

The sand in the hourglass runs from one compartment to the other, marking the passage of moments with something constant and tangible.If you watch the flowing sand, you might see time itself riding the granules.Contrary to popular opinion, time is not an old white-haired man, but a laughing child.And time sings.

If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.

You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself. Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self. Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy. Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself. Otherwise, cede your gavel.

Stick around long enough to be someone's friend. Because true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.