One shouldn't go to the woods looking for something, but rather to see what is there.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.

The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.

It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.

I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.

Good music can act as a guide to good living.

Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.

A high self-esteem having artist works hard to be understood. A low self-esteem having artist works hard to be agreed with.

Where there is no novelty, there can be no curiosity.

Of all the things in the world that can set the heart burning, there is nothing like the presence of Jesus!

One could argue that there exist certain questions that are best left unanswered.

Here's the thing: I had never been to Boston, my whole life. Probably because I'm a Yankee fan.

Nothing ever fits the palm so perfectly, or feels so right, or inspires so much protective instinct as the hand of a child

Don't ask me for answers, I've only got one. That a man leaves the darkness, when he follows the Son.

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy.

Delay in justice is injustice.

We all know that the nation can't divide more than the people produce, but as individuals we try to get more than our share and that's how we get ahead.