Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wantedto build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home

When we are young, friends are, like everything else, a matter of course. In the old days we know what it means to have them.

I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it.

Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.

I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched.

In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct.

A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples - that is Brahms.

Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.

When I was young, I would sit in the bath and ideas would come to me. But I'm not young any more, so now I just sit in the bath.

One thing I'd do is get rid of carried interest.

There is nothing perfectly secure but poverty.

Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?

The cosmos is a complex amalgamation of sounds. One of the key sounds through which you can experience the cosmic nature of creation is Shambho.

Whats more important than recipes is how we think about food, and a good cookbook should open up a new way of doing just that.

You have people who know you are competent enough to do your job and then you have the ones that just hover around.

I like to stay in the moment.

Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.