我认为目标永远不应该容易，它们应该迫使你工作，即使当时不舒服。
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
Music has the power to heal wounds that words alone cannot touch.
译文：用心算计别人时，自己就会出错，退一步考虑事情，任何事就会变得宽广。赏析：处处算计别人，时刻都想占便宜，总有一天自己会被别人算计。心胸开阔，放低姿态，忍一时风平浪静，退一步海阔天空。
对于自己没有获得2009年诺贝尔奖的反应
"When I was a kid, I wanted to be Elvis. I wanted to be Michael. I wanted to be all those guys put together."
我不缺乏把一个想法彻底思考下去的勇气，到目前为止，我还没有遇到过我害怕的想法。