Quotes About Appreciation

The idea that it's only the young or people who've grown up with a technology who can appreciate it. Complete nonsense!

Gratitude is not a limited resource, nor is it costly. It is abundant as air. We breathe it in but forget to exhale.

I think I have the perfect level of fame. 99% of the time, I'm a normal person. But once a day someone comes up to say hello, and it's beautiful.

Norman Rockwell - even though we think of him as a great American artist, in a lot of museums he has not garnered that kind of attention. And it's this kind of accessibility that we're trying to bring - not looking down on any art.

A lot of Americans do not have an appreciation for our history. They do not understand the Constitution, why we have these norms. And at some point, yes, the media has some responsibility, but so does the public.

My hometown, Backa Topola, was in the north of the country near the Hungarian border. It is a nice part of Serbia, and I am very happy I grew up there.

I'm lucky that I have people listening to my music, waiting to see me in North America.

I love North Carolina.

Bears fans... man... I could not have chosen a better place to make my first stop outside of North Carolina.

I love the house in 'North by Northwest.'

I get really frustrated with people who turn their noses up at talent shows like 'The Voice' and 'X-Factor.'

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

It's a lot of hard work, competing and not giving up. I think you get more appreciated the older you get.

'Everything To Me' is about everything that's important. It's about my wife, my kids, it's about life, about being happy. It's about life in general, you know, about not knowing what's going to be around the corner, but you've got to enjoy it and enjoy the things you have. My wife, my kids, my health, and stuff like that.

It's a lot harder to get people to 'ooh' and 'aah' over beets and carrots than it is to get them to 'ooh' and 'aah' over artichokes or asparagus, and I enjoy being able to take these humble, 'lowbrow' foodstuffs up a few notches and serve them with great exuberance.

I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.

Warmly thank your host when you leave, citing special things you enjoyed about your stay. As soon as you return home, use your good stationery and write a lovely note thanking your hosts profusely.

You have to open the music, so to speak, and see what's behind the notes because the notes are the same whether it is the music of Bach or someone else.

As you get older, some top notes drop off and bottom notes appear, which I quite like. You listen to Leonard Cohen or Johnny Cash, and you see the advantage of the lower end.

When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.

That's what I used to enjoy so much: Bringing a record home, having it arrive in the mailbox. Having the whole experience of hearing it as you're holding it and looking at it and reading the liner notes, if they're anything.

It's very important with these young people who are graduating and getting married to write thank-you notes.

For artists like me nothing matters more than the audience's respect.

Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.