Music is about communication, creativity, and cooperation, and by studying music in schools, students have the opportunity to build on these skills, enrich their lives, and experience the world from a new perspective.

The future belongs to those who are creative collaborators

Sharing in God's blessings is at the heart of Thanksgiving and at the core of the American spirit.

No we can't cast ourselves as liberals.

Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.

On the Glass-Steagall thing, like I said, if you could demonstrate to me that it was a mistake, I'd be glad to look at the evidence. But I can't blame [the Republicans]. This wasn't something they forced me into. I really believed that given the level of oversight of banks and their ability to have more patient capital, if you made it possible for [banks] to go into the investment banking business as continental European investment banks could always do, that it might give us a more stable source of long-term investment.

Sometimes I feel like the fire hydrant looking at a pack of dogs.