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.

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.

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.

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

It is better to hide under the shadow of the righteousness of Almighty God than seek refuge in shelter of sins.

Spirituality profits the soul.

An honest and wise man is always a very simple man.

Its snaky acids kiss.It petrifies the will. These are the isolate, slow faults That kill, that kill, that kill.

I'm a realist and I always have been.

Free education for all children in public schools... Combination of education with industrial production

I'd rather we were rebuilding Philadelphia, as opposed to Kabul...There are American cities with serious infrastructure problems and we're not addressing them.

Never presume that just because you disagree with an idea that you must be correct.

The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside.

Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.