I use the traditional Moyse scale books slightly modified.

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.

Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

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.

The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

First of all I would make about 80% of the people law-abiding citizens again. The policy which is carried out now makes every entrepreneur and businessman a thief against his own will.

Tell Papa I admire him but from now on I plan to admire him from as far away as I can get.

I used to want to gamble, too, until I was 20 and could actually go to a casino. Then I wasn't so crazy about the attitude.

Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance.

I trust that absolutes have gradations.

Meditation is like farming... the right soil is required to grow anything, nothing will grow if the soil is polluted by striving or pushing too hard.

If I was to listen and pay attention to everyone that criticized me, I'd stay home under the bed.

The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.

Shame is like everything else; live with it for long enough and it becomes part of the furniture.