Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature.

I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.

If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.

The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument unto itself.

Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable.

I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.

I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.

I persist in performing.

The true mission of the violin is to imitate the accents of the human voice, a noble mission that has earned for the violin the glory of being called the king of instruments

There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is still the envy of less happy lands.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.

She was twenty and had come to realize that, though she had a voice, she wasn't a singer; that to endure and embrace the life of a singer demands a whole lot more than a voice.

Democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association.

I believe that a child going without an education is a crime.

I cursed [Larry Merchant] out once, and I told him that he was a phony.

Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!

People are grateful when you make a difference in their lives. That is the essence of any successful business

No act of kindness is wasted.