In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution.

Competitions are for horses, not artists.

It may well be that some composers do not believe in God. All of them, however, believe in Bach.

With maturity comes the wish to economize - to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure.

His pagan barbarity, his explosive and angrily defiant melancholy, his demoniacal instinct . . . these are all echoes . . . of the thousand-year-old Hungarian psyche.

I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.

The fishhook catches the fish

When we face every challenge with optimism and learn to fail with our heads up, a great attitude is always success, no matter the outcome.

Freedom is willpower to act for a change.

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

Napster has pointed the way for a new direction for music distribution, and we believe it will form the basis of important and exciting new business models for the future of the music industry.

I definitely can feel the third or fourth feminist wave in the air, so maybe this is a good time to open that Pandora’s box a little bit and air it out.

Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.

For the first time, we live in a society that shows any sign of the possibility of women changing this condition.

I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts.

If your woman is asleep every time you get home, shes just really tired. Of you.