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Quote by David Lee Roth

“There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice, I say, You gotta learn all the letters of your own personal alphabet. With music, you need to know all the different kinds of music and everything in and around your given instrument.”

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David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth, born on October 10, 1954, is a renowned American rock vocalist. Known for his distinctive voice and stage presence, he was the lead singer of the rock band Van Halen, bringing numerous classic rock hits to the band. more

“Sometimes we can offer a cure, sometimes only a salve, sometimes not even that. But whatever we can offer, our interventions, and the risks and sacrifices they entail, are justified only if they serve the larger aims of a person's life. When we forget that, the suffering we inflict can be barbaric. When we remember it the good we do can be breathtaking.”

Ifs Persons Sometimes Remember Suffering Forget Risk Sacrifice Offers Aim Cures Justified Intervention Barbaric Breathtaking

Book:Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.”

May Mean Circumstances Life Means

Book:Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

Source: Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

“In the end, people don't view their life as merely the average of all its moments-which, after all, is mostly nothing much plus some sleep. For human beings, life is meaningful because it is a story. A story has a sense of a whole, and its arc is determined by the significant moments, the ones where something happens. Measurements of people's minute-by-minute levels of pleasure and pain miss this fundamental aspect of human existence. A seemingly happy life maybe empty. A seemingly difficult life may be devoted to a great cause. We have purposes larger than ourselves.”