Gary Sinise Quotes

You feel like you're really a part of a movement when you're singing Journey at a karaoke bar.

I don't play the bass. I'm not in a band. I tried to think of ways I could touch base with the troops and support what we're doing.

Music makes the people come together.

Live music is healthy.

All of the reality TV I've done has usually been simultaneously an opportunity to create awareness or raise funds for my mom's breast cancer organization.

I went to India with UNICEF in connection with Manchester United to raise money for children's education.

Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.

I've always been involved with charities and things like that, but when I started communicating with the fans and hearing their stories about the lives they lead, it really made an impact on me.

I'm doing a very funny show in which we talk about issues. I speak at Aids charities and things. It's great to do something fun with our days and yet we're told we're doing something important.

I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.

Metaphorically speaking, it's easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other.

I think live music is really, really important. And I think it's very important to do together. It's much more fun to play to music together than the one person listening to their lone iPod Shuffle. I think it's an amazing way to build community and have children do things that are funded that's not a videogame.

Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.

I really feel that a concert is a place where you can bring up topics, and you can actually discuss them and feel them and have a great time.

I've gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we're going to see if we can't bring a few laughs to these soldiers, raise some money, and hopefully lift their spirits. I consider it an honor and a privilege to give back however I can for the many sacrifices of these incredibly brave men and women.

I want to do something that is not political. I want to do some fundraising, just as a volunteer.

I have started up the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation. My little sister has special needs, so I started out trying to help kids with special needs. We have moved on to military now and a third pillar in junior golf, trying to help grow it back home.

I always sang in school choirs and went on tours to other countries. I have always loved it. It's a very communal thing, and you really connect with people.

When we go and play live... we go and we work with like different organizations: the food banks, homeless shelters, children's hospitals or different homes that are reaching out to people. And just to actually go and say, 'Hey, don't just hear me play, come to my concert, that's it, hope you have a good night.' It's like, 'Hey, come be a part.'

I was never a good fundraiser.

As a performer, the thing that I love is to see people come together.

We've always prided ourselves on the fact that we're a band that the whole family can enjoy together.

I have an understanding of how much is at stake in football, how much money is at stake, how much investment there is and what it means to the fans. It's an emotional game. It's a focal point for communities. It's escapism for fans. Sport is a wonderful thing but it is just that: sport. It is my job.