Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.

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.

Turn your self-hell into self-help.

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

If I get into a car on a circuit, I drive as fast as I can; that's it!

Being where I'm at, standing in these shoes, it feels amazing. It feels like a weight has been lifted.

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

God alone is real, nothing matters but love for God.

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

Watch for a wild boy of no particular clan, ready for anything, always armed. Prefers fighting to toil, drink to fighting, chasing women to booze or battle: may attempt all three concurrently.

Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.

I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.