Not only was it impossible to truly belong in America, but he didn't fit in here anymore either. He was a dweller of two lands, accepted by none.

Americans are so tightly wound, the way they kill themselves to get ahead. It's no way to live, I tell you.

I never realized how much I loved life until I knew it was being taken away.

Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd all have frozen to death.

I really am not angry with Linus. Honest. He's not angry with me either.

Coffee is the ultimate stress buster for me and I need my cup of coffee in the morning to kick start my day.

The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap, or the soreness, or all the aches and pains and continue to play for a long, long time.

Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.

I think I infuse the music with a new passion. Part of this is because I have fallen in love: I am in love with the New York Philharmonic. The chemistry has just been right. Beyond expectation.

The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval,we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness,we are practicing harshness.

[Donald] Trump is fascism, that's all, so we have to find a way to work it out between Hillary [Clinton] and Bernie [Sanders].