If a person plays dissonance long enough, it will sound like consonance. It's a language that was alien and then it's less and less alien as it continues to live.

The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.

If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?

If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.

Creativity is what makes humanity move. We were created to participate.

I cannot say what I think is right about Music. I only know the rightness of it.

Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless.

I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.

One thing you learn: if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop.

Silence is the potential from which music can arise.

Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms.

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity growswith the ability to say no to oneself.

Relentless enthusiasm keeps us young.

How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?

I am reading Proust for the first time. Very poor stuff. I think he was mentally defective.

It cannot be doubted that in most countries today women, in comparison to men, still remain underprivileged.

Detail is the heart of realism, and the fatty degeneration of art.

Have you ever seen a witness? That's what she called herself. Not a ghost, those don't exist, and not an angel, those do, but a witness." "No." "Ever heard the term?" "Outside of a legal trial, no.

I loved movies ever since I was a kid.

Listen, be respectful of others' opinions, be willing to change your mind - and then ultimately you have to make the decision. Decisiveness is very important.

Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well.