One must practice slowly, then more slowly, and finally slowly.

The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.

There is nothing more difficult than talking about music.

I produce music as an apple tree produces apples.

What gives Bach and Mozart a place apart is that these two great expressive composers never sacrificed form to expression.

I like good company, but I like hard work still better.

Give Mozart a fairy tale and he creates without effort an immortal masterpiece.

Don’t approach a dragon from the front, a jakkar from the back or a norn from any side. Annuan saying.

all day long, one storm then another—and I take your hands like gentle flowers that blossom into awareness

I am of the opinion that there is nothing which has been produced by the will of man which cannot in its turn be altered by another human will.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.

If your ceiling is falling down, don't you call someone in? I apply the same principle to myself.

To be honest, just trying to get everybody together in one room to get our picture taken for the back of the album, it took so long just to organize that.

My next thought concerned the choice of an impression, or effect, to be conveyed: and here I may as well observe that, throughout the construction, I kept steadily in view the design.

Elevated locations imply elevated purposes, even in American cities departing as radically as Los Angeles does from the traditional planning patterns of the Eastern Seaboard.

Maybe a story will cheer you up... Once there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. The End.

The people who can do you the most damage are the ones who are closest to you.