I heard a young black pianist. He was a teenager, I was eight years old,

and he was playing boogie-woogie, and he just knocked me out. He thought he was alone in the old barn on the beat-up upright piano, but I was hiding in the corner so he wouldn't see me.
Mike Stoller

It was writing about music for NPR - connecting with music fans and experiencing a sense of community - that made me want to write songs again. I began to feel I was in my head too much about music, too analytical.
Carrie Brownstein

Writing songs helped me figure out how to communicate with other people. I finally figured out that if I could express something in a song, I could probably express it in my real life, too.
Sharon Van Etten

I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.
Nolan Bushnell

I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child.
Grace Jones

If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection.
Marc Newson

So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team.
Kenneth Branagh

I think a lot of people are getting more serious about how to do the most good, but there is no road map. I'm hoping I can offer an example.
Mohnish Pabrai

When I see something unjust, I have to intervene - it's hard for me to watch the underdog suffer.
Kristen Bell

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.
Dean Inge