“I grew up listening to the quartets and I loved that so much that I wanted to see if I could make music and make it happen. It was just a series of events … me going to concerts and saying “I think I can do that”.”

There are only two reasons that anybody does something for 50 years. You’ve got to believe in what you are doing and love the art form. I love harmony-tight, close harmony.

The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing events. That’s why they hate politicians so much, because politicians have direct power and they do not.

Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.

Change is a process not an event.

See, forgiveness doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not an event – it’s a process.

In the midst of events there is no perspective.

It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

You can plan events, but if they go according to your plan they are not events.

Love is a momentary upwelling of three tightly interwoven events: First, a sharing of one or more positive emotions between you and another; second, a synchrony between your and the other person’s biochemistry and behaviors; and third, a reflected motive to invest in each other’s well-being that brings mutual care