Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with one other listener, would please him but little.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

Talent works, genius creates.

When you play, never mind who listens to you.

For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.

Play always as if in the presence of a master.

I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.

When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

Philip says to fear me. Do you have any idea how afraid I am of him?

To be left with only the trace of a memory is to gaze at an armchair that's still molded to the form of a love who has left never to return: It is to grieve, dear reader, it is to weep.

The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.

Alcohol is like pouring smiles on your brain.

In Plains, I saw Jimmy Carter as he really is - a nice, decent man... in terms of compassionate contribution to society, he certainly has proven to be our best past president.

Soup is just a way of screwing you out of a meal.

It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.

You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.

Corporations are not people, despite what the Supreme Court says, and they don't need or deserve handouts.

I feel like it's impossible to be completely yourself, because you'll always get bored; you have to push your own limits.