From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with read more

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's read more

A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over the garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No, that's trend!'

I think Brad and I have fed off each other our whole careers, and to see him win like that read more

I think Brad and I have fed off each other our whole careers, and to see him win like that just inspires me even more, ... If you can't get inspired by what he did, then you don't have a pulse because that was awesome the way he won that tournament.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it read more

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that read more

And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart. -Aristotle.

That was a shocking gasoline build...the crude build was bigger than expected and that should put down pressure on the read more

That was a shocking gasoline build...the crude build was bigger than expected and that should put down pressure on the market.

Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that read more

Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that my daughter can see soon - when she is old enough to know what a movie is.

The shredder at Andersen's office at the Enron building was used virtually constantly and, to handle the overload, dozens of read more

The shredder at Andersen's office at the Enron building was used virtually constantly and, to handle the overload, dozens of large trunks filled with Enron documents were sent [to] Andersen's main Houston office to be shredded,

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.