"Growth at an exceptional rate is a red flag in banking. It is hard enough to manage an ordinary bank; to control a sprouting weed is well-nigh impossible. If loans are expanding too quickly, the lending officers have probably been saying 'yes' too frequently."

“I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching and all of the improvisers that I still love, it gets almost impossibly daunting. I try to do as much as I can.”

Source : "The Only Late is Never". Interview with Marc Masters, Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. November 12, 2010.

“A little jewellery on a man is OK, although he should never wear too much. Every man should always have a great watch.”

“It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you.”

Source : "Are women human?" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2006.

“You face challenges and you have to make choices. You're weighing the necessary responsibility toward reality and authenticity and of course the need to create a compressed drama over two hours.”

Source : Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

“The kiss always gets a hell of a reaction.”

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

“In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.”

“I have the urge to still be part of the world, the universe, of life. Through music I have the feeling that I come a little closer to that.”

“The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.”