If you never try, you'll never know what you are capable of.

Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment.

Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place.

You only can live on adrenaline for so long; one thing is for sure, it doesn't pay the bills.

One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud.

One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.

People assume that because you have graced the same stage as the star act, in front of thousands, you must be reaping similar financial rewards. This is a complete fallacy.

If you never try, you'll never know what you are capable of.

It's not what you play but what you leave out that makes the difference.

I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos.

I don't begrudge a coach for trying to get all that he or she can. I don't resent a school feeling it needs to pay to keep top talent. I'm just afraid to think where all of this will end up because the overall impact seems to be stretching far beyond the scoreboard.

Science explains what nature is doing; money often explains what we're doing.

Heterosexuality is not normal its just common.

So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot.

The gospel of Jesus Christ encompasses much more than avoiding, overcoming, and being cleansed from sin and the bad influences in our lives; it also essentially entails doing good, being good, and becoming better. Repenting of our sins and seeking forgiveness are spiritually necessary, and we must always do so.

A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq.

I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air.

My parents being Bengali, we always had music in our house. My nani was a trained classical singer, who taught my mum, who, in turn, was my first teacher. Later I would travel almost 70 kms to the nearest town, Kota, to learn music from my guru Mahesh Sharmaji, who was also the principal of the music college there.

Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are qualified to attend college do not attend because they can't afford to.

I've seen 'Babel' four times. And each time I realize anew what a monumental project that had been for me.

I like very much to do movies.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, which people don't seem to be shy about expressing.

I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.

One movie I come back to time and again is 'The Hustler.' I don't think there's better dialogue in any film.

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility.

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.

My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.

Bruce Lee was just so lightning-fast. People try to emulate him in whatever way they can, but to try and do what he was doing... you're just inspired by it; you're not trying to say, 'Look, I can do that.' No one can do what he did.

Real suspense comes with moral dilemma and the courage to make and act upon choices. False suspense comes from the accidental and meaningless occurrence of one damned thing after another.

The microgravity or the very, very low amount of gravity that we have up in space forces some changes in different processes. It forces changes in us as human beings.

If your dad always has candy, how cool is he? Coolest dude in the world. My kids think I'm cool.

Entrepreneurship without skills limits your growth potential.

Many dotcoms recruited people from existing companies who were quite experienced in finance, marketing, distribution and other disciplines but not necessarily experienced in the Web culture.