Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all.

The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.'

Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent.

You need three or five hands to play Ligeti.

You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character - its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts.

I want to make music. That means I prefer the Steinway piano.

I have a great need to learn what the norm is by dealing with what is not the norm... with the grotesque and the fantastic.

The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'.

One man’s fight is another man’s freedom.

Exchange the bad habit of worrying with the excellent habit of trusting God.

The art of hearing what somebody has to say is actually, listening.

Mark! Where his carnage and his conquests cease, He makes a solitude and calls it-peace!

My hope is that we develop enough courage to develop courage. To try to have, try to learn to treat each other fairly, with generosity and kindness.

Cupid in these latter times has probably laid aside his bow and arrow, and uses fire-arms -- a pistol -- perhaps a revolver.

I believe that children have to grow up as all-round personalities, but it cannot be at the cost of academics.

When you're traveling, ask the traveler for advice / not someone whose lameness keeps him in one place.

I don't know what's tighter, our jeans or our friendship.