A work of art expresses itself as a balance sheet pitting the spoken against the unspoken.

To play the piano is to consort with nature. Every mollusk, galaxy, vapor or viper as well the sweet incense of love's distraction, is within the hands and grasp of the pianist.

Through music time is tamed, although music never forgets to remind us of time's faceless mission.

The contradictory, consuming, contested relationship between detail and whole, event an eventuality, breathes fire and wisdom in every great work of art.

To master the piano is to master the universe.

The breath, prayers, and libido of the fingertip must somehow be transferred to the neutral indifference of the key.

Surely common sense as well as anthropological evidence documents the universal need to pray, to hope, and to lament or carouse through song.

The work of art, though bound by its genetic markings and indelible fingerprints, is boundless in the infinite elaborations of its destiny, and therefore in the range of its interpretations.

Ladies, no matter how hard you try, a man will never complete you. Only God can. And if you don’t know your identity in Him, you’ll be lost forever.

I'd like to do more family dramas.

I went down to Miami, and somebody saw me on the streets, and that's how I got into modeling.

Work hard. Do good. Be incredible!

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

The stuff that made me mad 20 years ago doesn't really make me mad any more.

Was it my fault that I got out of hand? --Loki

It is unthinkable that a national government which represents women should ignore the issue of the right of all women to political freedom.

I love to perform. I've never lost the urge. I've never once been on stage when I didn't want to be.

Once you get to earth orbit, you're halfway to anywhere in the solar system.