Music must serve a purpose; it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.

To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.

Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.

I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.

The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.

one should not embrace religion because they are born into it, one should embrace religion because they have faith in it.Gabriel O GabrielsGhana2016

Many people have accused me of having a romantic view, whereas I personally I feel sorry for those who have lost romance in their lives.

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood . . . but everyone has something to give.

Baseball will miss Steinbrenner. He did a lot of great things-and some not so great-but it's a sad day for baseball, no doubt about it. He was a winner, and he made the Yankees a winner.

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside. Has it ever struck you that there's a thin man inside every fat man, just as they say there's a statue inside every block of stone?

It's hard to sing really well when you're playing an instrument, but it'd be great to try and sing really well and have vocal effects and one drummer on a real drum-kit, and one on an electronic kit.

I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.

Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.

We shouldn't be willy-nilly creating potential human life just to satisfy the urges of the scientific community.

Get out of your head, into your space and await the invisible stranger