Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse – what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

It’s beyond my control how I’m perceived.

To me, the real thrill is in making the music, and then I just trust it to find its own audience, and at times it’s big and at times it’s small, but that’s beyond my control.