Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.

The red and white and starry blue Is freedom's shield and hope.

I am happy now, to recall that I was not only his son but his companion, and whenever there was a hunting expedition or any other pleasure, I was always with him.

Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you've never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.

Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.

A band is only as good as its euphonium section.

I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience!

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

What if, when we are feeling less than happy, we were prescribed two genuinely inspiring experiences each day?

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

I believe the auto industry is a competition of human resources, competition of funding, competition of technology - and the competition is international.

While most students were trying to draw one beautiful finished piece, I would be in the background drawing dozens of studies at different angles to use later.

Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier some place else.

Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity.

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath.

Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.

The place looks like where David Lynch would meet Beaver Cleaver's mom for secret afternoons of bondage and milkshakes.

When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.