If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.

What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, including ethics, has a price.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.

Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.

Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

Damn you’ve got an irresistible mouth. You should hold it against me more often.” ~Luke, Kissing the Maid of Honor

I think success has no rules but you can learn a great deal from failure.

Casualties? What do I care about casualties?

Variety, individuality, peculiarity, eccentricity and indeed crankiness are agreeable to the British mind; they make life more interesting.

It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.

Visualize a beautiful rose in the center of your chest. Imagine a soft reddish rose. Imagine that the rose is completely folded up. Visualize the first set of petals is gradually unfolding.

I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.

Low pay generally means harder work under worse conditions.

Steve Jobs had very strong feelings about what makes a company great, what makes products great. He more or less chose Tim Cook to be in that role, in that position.

There's no going back. So we might as well get on with things.