Music is not an acquired culture... it is an active part of life.

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.

Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't.

Music is the thousandth of a millisecond between one note and another; how you get from one to the other-that's where the music is.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

Music is like making love: either all or nothing.

When you believe in something, you can move mountains.

It is only through failure and through experiment that we learn and grow.

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.

A conductor has to know how to translate music into a communicative force that makes the listener want to hear what he has to say.

New York is the dirtiest, largest, ugliest, broken-down city in the world-but it's the only one.

The very precariousness of weather excites a large amount of earnest prayer.

I love how pop culture shapes a generation. The trends, fashion and events all play a key part in how we live our present lives, and will mark how we will be remembered in the future.

I’ve actually been in a lot of movies that involve sucking on fingers.

Portraits are to daily faces As an evening west To a fine, pedantic sunshine In a satin vest.

Basically, if you have above-average intelligence, you have common sense and you can speak in front of a camera and to a crowd, you can govern the state.

Disrespect cannot be commanded, it must be earned.

In America, we will use force whenever we like against anyone we regard as a potential threat, and maybe we will delegate that right to clients, but it's not for others.

Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.

Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery.

Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion.