By the time I got to the Paris Conservatoire I was very good at the scales and arpeggios.

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

Being unprepared heightens nerves.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

The quickest way to unlock your talent is to take the flute out of the box.

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.

Taking drugs to overcome nerves is the thin edge of the wedge going in there.

Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.

It is normal to be nervous.

When you become a happier human being as a result of letting go of certain people or things, that's the universe's way of letting you know it was the right choice.

I'm as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes - and I will dare to say to you that I don't think of myself as a celebrity per se.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

Keep Hope alive, particularly if Hope is the name of a very cute puppy and not some ill-defined abstraction that is in fact code for big government.

Pretty as a picture, sweeter that a swisher. Mad ‘cause I’m cuter that the girl that’s with ya’.

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

Goalies often react quickly to shots with no regard for what might happen to their body because we are trained to stop pucks first and ask questions later.

I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn.

This guy [Steve Lerner] is pure, 100% anti-capitalist and what he wants is what Cloward-Piven has basically said: Just overwhelm the system. It's sort of a derivative of Cloward-Piven.