No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.
“I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.'”
“I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.”