The past is a shadow that follows us, always present, always influencing.

我不是来当榜样的，我是来创作音乐的。

I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always help you.

我们这个时代的巨大挑战是建立能够管理现代社会复杂性的机构。

Letters are the biographer's gold mine; they reveal what official records conceal.

人生は、一度きりの旅だ。だからこそ、その瞬間を大切にしなければならない。