Oh, how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.

Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning

An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

There's no labor a man can do that's undignified if he does it right.

Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.

God bless America. And no place else.

Inner seeing has nothing to do with physical vision; it's the perception of life directly.

I'm not comfortable with categorizing my own work, but I don't mind if others talk about it in relation to genre as long as they don't try to hold it up to some genre standard.

In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by.

If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

Civilization involves subjection of force to reason, and the agency of this subjection is law.

What makes a man a man are his deeds, his responsibilities, and his reactions... These things are also what makes a man a monster.

There's always a price for what you want.