“If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?”

“Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute.”

“I am not saying that Hitler was a choir boy. But I am saying, let him who was innocent in the Second World War cast the first stone.”

“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”

“Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'”

“Running is driven by panic. Destination is driven by thought. And while its terribly painful to admit, incessantly pretending that I do the latter doesnt replace the fact that Im constantly doing t...”

“The first step forward is to admit your fear, then you can take the next step to conquer it.”

“She does know Harrison prefers men, right?Let her have hope, I said, smiling to myself.He turned his attention back to me. Yes. Hope is good. Bianca, I- He grinned wickedly. I knew youd give in soo...”

“I wish that I had been born a man, then I wouldn't be the boy that I am.”

“The man was staring directly at him now, a curious expression on his face, half smiling, half quizzical. Instantly Eager had a sense of certainty far deeper than anything he had experienced so far....”

“I'm just so tired of life being something that happens to me. That's not how it's supposed to work. I'm supposed to make my own life.”