Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

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.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

Prayer does not change God; it changes me.

Reflect upon your present blessings

Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult.

wheresoever the earth may be placed, or whithersoever it may be carried by its animal faculty, heavy bodies will always be carried towards it.

Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.

I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real time.

The people that are inclined to hate are also inclined to belosers. A loser could never congratulate a winner – it’s not in them

They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions.

Even the Beatles found it hard to escape their image; they were trapped by it.