Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

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.

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.

Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.

Blending into the tinctures and textures of the countryside. The tree which falls without any human hearing still falls, as the creatures who die without being found by a human still die.

The great hope we find in the Christian faith is that God is not us.

Make the strategy a living thing, which can breathe life into people and the culture.

I think denim is something everyone feels comfortable in. It's kind of my uniform, really.

Man must make his choice between ease and wealth; either may be his, but not both.

There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all.

When the striving ceases, there is life waiting as a gift.

One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.

It's just a matter of, for me, getting my mind where it needs to be. Certainly I've made a lot of adjustments in my life, and I've gone through a lot. A lot.

I have been in a youth hostel...You are put in a kitchen with seventeen venture scouts with behavioural difficulties and made to wash swedes.