Lamar Alexander

It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and read more

It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.

We don't have a president who is our agenda-setter, so we have multiple voices on every issue.

We don't have a president who is our agenda-setter, so we have multiple voices on every issue.

What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before.

What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before.

Every day before school, I would bang away on Czerny, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart-and throw in a little Jerry Lee read more

Every day before school, I would bang away on Czerny, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart-and throw in a little Jerry Lee Lewis when I thought no one was around to correct me.

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a read more

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.