It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.

~ Faith lightens the path your shadowed mind has to walk ~

Music is the true elixir of life.

So much done and so much learned, but so much more to do and see, and learn.

There is no man so good who were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

I've always believed that the range or depth of emotion can be great, whether you're play a three-minute piece, or a half-hour work.

Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles.

Fine music without devotion is but a splendid garment upon a corpse.

I need eclectic people in my life.

The English were infuriating. Everything was designed to put an outsider at a disadvantage. If you had to ask, you didn't belong.

Sleep ... peace of the soul, who puttest care to flight.