If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Years teach us more than books.

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.

Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.

In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all is there for itself.

Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.

Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.

Some days after, the girl encountered her again, in a dream, as she was years ago: a very slender young woman in a long white skirt, her amber hair to her waist, her eyes coal black with ardor.

All the beautiful corners of the world are the greatest mind and body healers!

Persistent effort is what will create the life you most desire.

I am somewhat exhausted

The moon is your reminder that God is never-changing, and you can always depend on Him to hear your prayers.

I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work.

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

I went to Princeton, I minored in women's studies.

Do your kind even know what love is? Can you feel anything at all, or is it just... programmed?

Chris Martin's a good friend of mine. I'm actually Apple's godfather. He's an old friend and we've been mates for quite a few years now.