“My whole family was very supportive of my choice in a career. I started playing music when I was about 6 years old.” Quote by Leland Sklar
“Once I graduated that's when I grew my 'infamous' beard. I trim it every once in awhile but that's about it.” GrewBeardInfamous Author:Leland Sklar
“There's a difference between logic and what maybe people see when they're presented evidence and justice and that they're not always together.” PeopleTogetherDifferencesJusticeEvidenceLogicAlways Together Author:Rafe Esquith
“I grew up the biggest fan of the Cure. Knew every lyric, had every album, B-side, single, poster, everything. Then cut to fifteen years later, and we're working on songs together. Ridiculous.” YearsTogetherSongSidesCuttingFansGrewGrew UpAlbumsRidiculousCuresFifteenPostersFifteen YearsBiggest Fan Author:Mark Hoppus
“I travel a lot with my students. We go on the road and even learn about things like doing your laundry and managing your time. And maybe that's not on the test at the end of the year, but it's in the test of life and that's why my classroom is successful.” YearsEndsSuccessfulStudentsGoes OnTestsClassroomLaundry Author:Rafe Esquith
“I am asking teachers to understand that we must make the education relevant for the children. If they're only working for the tests or they're only working to please us, they're not going to be interested in school.” IfsChildrenSchoolTeacherPleaseTestsAskingRelevant Author:Rafe Esquith
“I try to show the children how every lesson I teach them is going to be something they use in their real life. That's why my kids work so hard, not because I'm so cool. They're working for themselves.” TryingChildrenRealHardUseShowsKidsTeachLessonsReal Life Author:Rafe Esquith
“I think if you would like to describe composing as an act with one word, "slow" would be the word.” IfsThinkingWould BeOne WordComposing Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“Sometimes you spend nine months, 10 months, a year writing a piece that you will hear two years later or something like that, and you never see anybody. It's a very different sort of metabolic.” WritingYearsTwoDifferentSometimesPiecesMonthsNineTwo YearsNine Months Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“If we always thought like that, why would we study physics, why would we think of cosmology, why would we do any kind of research? Because we know already so much that there is no one person who can contain all that information.” IfsThinkingKnowsKindPersonsStudyInformationResearchPhysicsCosmology Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“It would be very tempting to say that why paint because we have Michelangelo, we have Leonardo [Da Vinci], we have all these guys. Why waste your time, because most likely you're not going to be on that level anyway.” Would BeGuyLevelsWastePaintTemptingLeonardo Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen