"Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it."

“Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“It's just fun to be in Paris.”

Source : "Designer Nanette Lepore Talks Travel, Flea Markets & Her Favorite eBay Find". Interview with Meredith Barnett, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 04, 2010.

“I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.”

“Nice clothes fall apart. Nice clocks don't work. Bits fall off the nice cooker. It is hard to accept that pricing is unrelated to quality, but it's plainly true. Nowadays, we pay the price that satisfies our particular personality type; and then we live with the painful consequences.”

“Just close your eyes—and think of England.”

“I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me. My art was my autonomy.”

“During challenging times and when impassioned to act, human beings can be capable of miracles.”

Source : "People Protect What They Love" by Fabien Cousteau, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2010.

“Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.”