The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

by Mitch Albom

All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?

Sometimes I think the greatest talent of all is perseverance.

playing a song for the very first time is my greatest revelation, like discovering you can walk on a rainbow.

Dizzy Gillespie, the jazz trumpet player, once said, “It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play.” He was one of my special ones. And he was quite correct. Silence enhances music. What you do not play can sweeten what you do.

All lonely roads lead back to music.

“The greatest thing, you’ll ever learn Is just to love, and be loved in return.”