Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.

Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.

I regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it.

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

Imagination creates reality.

The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.

It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.

We must learn to die, and to die in the fullest sense of the word. The fear of the end is the source of all lovelessness

A political man is disgusting, but a political wife, horrible.

Wisdom is worth more than gold.

I think that is the very definition of a family: a group of individuals, bound by the essence of love, who share a life together and yet maintain their unique individuality.

If you defer investing your time and energy until you see that you need to, chances are it will already be too late.

For Beatrice, when we first met, I was lonely, and you were pretty. Now I am pretty lonely.

When you see a white guy at three in the morning on your beat in an alley, you kind of - "What's this guy doing here?"

As for hot songs...there are five in Dhoom 3, and I hope they are all hot!

The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we are all in this together.

I like books that are funny, but that aren't trying to be funny. I like situational humor.

You don't get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You’ve got to show up and own it. If this is a man’s world, who cares? I’m still really glad to be a girl in it.

For those who do not have faith in God, fear is a way to protect them. But if faith is strong, there is no anxiety about something in danger.