My vocation is more in composition really than anything else -- building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar read more

My vocation is more in composition really than anything else -- building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army.

No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.

No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.

My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am read more

My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

It's a dangerous thing to think we know everything.

It's a dangerous thing to think we know everything.

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.

Success... it's what you do with what you've got.

Success... it's what you do with what you've got.

The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.

The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.