“I want to direct, produce, and write, learning as I go.”

“Well, immediately we announced yesterday or the day before we're building, with my foundation, a youth tennis and learning center in Austin. I'd like to be hands on with that and not see it periodically.”

“But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it's good I'm learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count.”

“A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.”

“It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.”

“Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.”

“In any of the arts, you never stop learning.”

“Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their traditional mission and that people in the community become more involved with schools as both active participants in children's learning and as individual mentors.”

“I suppose I am a frustrated musician so I annoy my family by playing guitar in the house. I used to be into acoustic stuff but my son Joseph is learning drums, so now I have an electric guitar and we play Metallica. We have an amp and a PA in the garage with his drum kit.”