Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?

Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.

What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, including ethics, has a price.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.

Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.

The lampshade on my head is for my bright ideas. I won't be able to convey them until Monday, when my curtain gets out of the dry cleaners.

Decision decides destiny. What God wants you to become is the positive person you decide to become when led by God's spirit.

Only to close these eyesto sleep in the lap of loveand stay there forever.

Don't give up...easy to say. But if you subscribe to this attitude you will always be in the position to succeed.

Having children is something we think we ought to do because our parents did it, but when it is over the children are just other members of the human race, rather disappointingly.

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.

Don't let your victories go to your head, or your failures go to your heart.

I'm, like, super-clumsy and weird and funny and dorky.

Happiness is the true beauty weapon.