Quote of the Day

All these prizes are nice, I appreciate them.  I don't go crazy about them -- you have to do your work whether you're recognized or not.  The real deal is doing it the best you can do it and that's it.  That's its own reward.

-- Sonny Rollins 

Quote of the Day

These words are shared in the spirit of Motherhood with gratitude to those who nurtured and held us, and with the knowing that we must ultimately learn to give that same tenderness to ourselves.

-- Richard Blanco

Quote of the Day

The humility of being a student is crucial to being a good musician, to being a good human being.  When we stop being a student, we become an old fart.

-- Flea 

Quote of the Day

(My students) remind me of the belief in endless possibility and the thrill of discovery.  That moment when a student encounters a sentence that names something they felt but never had language for, that's profound.

-- Henry Louis Gates Jr.