"I am more than willing to be judged by the people you claim to represent. I will let them decide what price I should pay. But please do not sit up there with that smug look on your face and expect me to regret the decisions I have made. Because, sir, the truth is I don't."

“Success, which touches nothing that it does not vulgarize, should be its own reward.”

Source : Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1970). “Thirty tales & sketches”

“That's the worst thing about money - the moment you have some you begin to suspect everyone of trying to take it away from you. And usually they are.”

“BLASPHEMOUS REVERENCE. Acting on the knowledge that the most efficacious form or devotion to the Divine Wow is tinctured with playful or mischievous behavior that prevents the buildup of fanaticism.”

“Do studies, not pictures. Know when you are licked - start another. Be alive, stop when your interest is lost.”

Source : Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

“When I seek another word for 'music', I never find any other word than 'Venice'”

“Protection of human life can be costly; but so is the neglect of that protection.”

“I think one of the most important things, that this album is for me, and this period in my life, is about gratitude.  About recognizing all of the things, daily, that I'm grateful for, and there are many in my life.  I'm just so blessed, and I try to carry that with me every day.”

“Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.”