I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

My brother was the first to be home-schooled, and one reason they home-schooled me was so he wouldn't get jealous. Another thing is my mom noticed that I would stress out a lot about school. I would ask my teacher how good my grades were and think about that all the time.

The thing that's carried over from my visual-art education into what I do musically is my openness.

Learning is not limited to the classroom, and Minnesota shouldn't limit its education resources there, either.

When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he made models. He liked it so much that I ended up reading all thirteen of Ransome's books, including the ones that I missed out on. This led my son to 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Coral Island.'