Art is not emotion. Art is the medium in which emotion is expressed.

To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.

It is nothing to succeed if one has not taken great trouble, and it is nothing to fail if one has done the best one could.

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.

Do nothing for effect. Do it for truth.

Without discipline, there can be no freedom.

Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.

Invest your evaporating life and reap greatness.

I save my dreams and hopes for my kids. When I'm making a wish under a bridge or tunnel, it's always for them.

Jesus Christ, Lord of all things! You see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am - you alone. I am your sheep; make me worthy to overcome the devil.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

I hope we find a cure for every major disease, because I'm tired of walking 5K. I'm pretty sure I don't have to sweat for cancer. I'll write a check.

Recalling what our lives were like before Jesus Christ entered them will help keep our daily problems in perspective.

If you don't want anyone to know anything about you, don't write anything.

Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In other words, with games, learning is the drug.

People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very powerful.

I'm afraid when too many people know too much about you, it actually makes us all a lot more boring because you're afraid to express yourself.