Being an accompanist is very selfless in many ways because you're really just trying to elevate the singer and help them shine, ultimately.
America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.
But I want to pay tribute to Anna Lee Woodruff, an extraordinary, selfless woman and beautiful grandmother who in her quiet determined way was a role model for her two daughters, and who left a lasting impression on so many who knew her.
My mother is caring and selfless, and really looks after me. When I'm touring, she still picks me up from the airport, no matter what time it is.
I feel the grandparent-grandchild relationship is one of the most innocent and selfless ones. It is all about pure love and affection.
It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish.
Hopefully as you get older you get more selfless. That would be probably a good goal. I don't know if we do, though.
The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.
Some say there is no uniquely Canadian identity, that our multicultural fabric is too varied to establish a common thread. I disagree. My grandfather came to a country that celebrates diversity, embraces strife with compassion and respects selfless idealism.
With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.
Day after day, ordinary people become heroes through extraordinary and selfless actions to help their neighbors.
I am inspired by the likes of Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana and those of their calibre. They understood fully what it means to be selfless and to stand for something.