“It isn’t true, is it, Daniel, that music can tame the beasts? Yet, in the end, a song lives.”

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

“All those people I didn't even know, I couldn't pick them out of a lineup if I had to, but they had worked their whole lives to get the knowledge that ended up saving my life. It was because of them that I was in this magnificent wave of people and music.”

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start todady and make a new ending.”

“When "Here Comes the Sun" started, what happened? No, the sun didn't come out, but Mom opened up like the sun breaking through the clouds. You know how in the first few notes of that song, there's something about George's guitar that's just so hopeful? It was like when Mom sang, she was full of hope, too. She even got the irregular clapping right during the guitar solo. When the song was over, she paused."Oh Bee," she said. "This song reminds me of you." She had tears in her eyes.”

“It is only when we let go of knowing what we think we know that new knowing can enter our lives.”

“The heart is a strange beast and not ruled by logic.”