I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.

If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.

I owe my sucess in one per cent to my talent, in ten per cent to luck, and in ninety per cent to hard word. Work, work, and more work is the secret to success.

I cannot imagine a genuinely happy home without music in it.

You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.

If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.

The culture of any country is gauged first by its progress in art.

Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.

The very essence of success is practice.

When one is an artist, what else can he be?

Man is naturally lazy, therefore he invents labor-saving devices.

Stories are the thing which shapes our kinky and wicked minds.

A trusted man doesn't flip-flop on where he stands. He says what he means and stand where he stands.He's not easily influenced by fear. He's influenced by destiny and will not be taken advantage of.

Many are the women who can take their clothes off seductively, but women who can charm as they dress?

I wonder how Colin Powell sleeps at night. I would like to have a word with him because he lied. He lied. He lied to me. He lied to my face through the camera at the U.N.

He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.

After every ''victory'' you have more enemies.

Every morning I wake at 6am or 6.30am, champing at the bit.

I felt like Eartha Kitt. I'm serving fish, honey, and this ain't trout.

Allah says Jannah is awesome, imagine how awesome that is when the All-Knowing is calling it awesome

When you educate a girl, you begin to change the face of a nation.