I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it.
I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.
I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.
When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don't learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
The first two Prime Ministers whom I served, Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher drew strikingly different lessons from the Second World War.
So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored.
I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done.
From a very young age, I was singing and acting and performing for my family.
I was the youngest of three kids, and from the age of four, singing was my way of getting attention.
To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.
There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.
I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.
It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.
I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.
If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.
But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.
Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
Singing is definitely not my forte. I'll put that out there on the record.
Singing and acting on a show is like theater; it doesn't get any better.
I like to sing along to Annie Lennox and pretend to be as sassy as her.
When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.
