It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Spending time with her father was like showering with a cheese grate - it got more painful each time.

I'm none too big on giving advice, ' Aunt Al said. 'Most times when folks ask for advice, they already know what they should do. They just want to hear it from someone else.

No matter how difficult life gets, the important thing is to live it with hope.

If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds.

We could say that Romanian Onirisme was born from painting and not from surrealist literature. The visual is primordial. Dimov said, 'Dreams are not a source, but a canon, a legislative model.'

If enough of us believe, a new thing can be made to exist. Belief structure creates a filter through which chaos is sifted into order.

I'm creating songs. I do it most of the time, in the car or in the house.

Humanity has been passing through a gray and desolate time of confusion.

Are not our greatest men as good as lost? The men that walk daily among us, warming us, feeding us, walk shrouded in darkness, mere mythic men.

I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.