I played piano. I've always liked piano. My father played piano. Actually, to be fair, the sound of the harpsichord did annoy him a bit, and I thought, how can I annoy Dad? I'll play the harpsichord.

And it totally has transformed my relationship with someone like, say, Bach. You know, Bach is born 330 years ago but, you know, gosh, he really is alive.

Well, within a phrase. And with a series of phrases, you can certainly create the effect of diminuendo and crescendo, no question.

The harpsichord was actually ideologically considered a very questionable instrument in that period, much like I think it's ideologically considered suspect today in some circles.

Well, harpsichord is kind of a big guitar, isn't it? I mean, it is plucked, after all.

The courageous attitudes of leaders ramble around coward followers and sooner or later, they become courageous too!

Diamonds are intriscally worthless.

Worry is a state of mind based on fear.

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.

I used the Deep Cleansing Masque on my wedding day because I wanted everything - including my complexion - to be perfect!

That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy who's like, 'I think you're terrific'... It's just simple, showing up for each other.

One doesn't actually meditate on the navel. The chakra is located about two or three inches below the navel, at that point there is an energy access sphere in the middle of the body.

In all my work there's this notion of the melancholic. You can make a photograph about the sublime, but you can't make the sublime itself.

I don't think making love the new bottom line is naïve; I believe that thinking we can survive the next hundred years doing anything less, is naïve.

Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge.