Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

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

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

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.

Elsewhere are two letters that were never sent, because of pride, each a declaration of love that would’ve changed lives

If we lost everything except for the clothes we stood up in, would we turn to each other and think....How lucky we really were?

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.

The American version of 'The Office' is fantastic.

Sometimes in the studio movies I've been working in, you'll put a joke in a movie because the crowd loves it - not because I love it.

I've grown up around cinema. Michael Kamen was a very, very close friend of mine, sort of my godfather. So I know how much work goes into it. You have to know what you're doing.

My path is about Joy.

I've been working so hard for the past eight years and I'm tired - but I'm also deliciously tired because what a wonderful life I've lived.

Self Realization is the first encounter with reality.