Good Things Happen When You Meet Strangers.

I Really Would Like To Be Involved In Things And To Understand Things, And In Some Ways You've Got To Be Careful What You Wish For Because I Feel Very, Very Blessed To Have Such An Interesting Life And To Be Able To Have Little Snapshots Of Lives Of People From Many Different Parts Of The World.

I Have Yet To Find Something That Beats The Power Of Being In Love, Or The Power Of Music At Its Most Magical.

When You Learn Something From People, Or From A Culture, You Accept It As A Gift, And It Is Your Lifelong Commitment To Preserve It And Build On It.

What Came Up At Age 49 Is I Realized That Of All The Things I'm Interested In, The Thing I'm Most Interested In Is Figuring Out What Makes People Tick, Why People Think The Way They Do, Why They Act The Way They Do. And I Realized That Music Is Such A Great Way To Investigate Why People Do What They Do.

One Of The Marks Of A Great Teacher Lies Not Only In An Ability To Impart Knowledge But Also In Knowing When To Encourage A Student To Go Off On His Own.