He that divines the secret of my music is freed from the unhappiness that haunts the whole world of men.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.

Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning

An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

We are waiting not for a Godot but for another-doubtless very different-St. Benedict.

Don't die until you're dead.

Truth is that which cannot be proved false.

I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.

I probably spend 90% of my time revising what I've written.

Crazy is a compliment.

Stop hoping, start believing.

I have some rhythms on my computers, that are actually called "trance", they go from 1-30 or 40. They're grooves that come on the synth. If I could somehow use them, I would.

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. "Don't bother us with politics," respond those who don't want to learn.