A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?

Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.

What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, including ethics, has a price.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.

Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.

Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

Christian art today should be twentieth-century art.

Whatever you do, listen for your inner voice. Do not ignore it.

A Kite in the Wind - with Love, Truth and Honesty - weathered A Wilderness of Voices, Through the Darkness, With Love

Every positive attempt was as a result of encouragement, every encouragement leads to success.

The best part about being a writer is getting the last word.

There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide.

Holding Frances in my arms is the best drug in the world.

I was never fearful or scared. I knew God had me and my wife and children knew it as well so we just marched.

Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space.

Someone told me it was a round thing that gobbles up money. I thought that was Tip O'Neill.