October 10 Birthdays

I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to George Harrison. Joe Brown came on and sang Ill See You In My Dreams, and there wasnt a dry eye in the house.

No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are.

Latinos come from different countries, and they tend to segregate with only their country instead of embracing all the other countries, because in reality, all the Latinos are going through the same experiences of discrimination and racism.

Sometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, its a quiet thing. At least for me it was.

Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.

The studio is a laboratory, not a factory. An exhibition is the result of your experiments, but the process is never-ending. So an exhibition is not a conclusion.

I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothings forgotten.

I did make some not-so-great relationship decisions when I was a lot younger. I do know that not all high school boys are great and wonderful and Prince Charming, and there are a few that are going to treat you that way.

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.

You have to be your biggest believer.

The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

The truth is that there is only one terminal dignitylove. And the story of a love is not importantwhat is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp.

Rock'n'Roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants.

I loved playing Go Go, because the character's so extreme. And she's pretty close to my real character. Especially the fact that she liked her sword and lots of accessories.