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

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

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

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'.

What separates the wise from the unwise is

I can only be myself, I'm sorry that's hell for you.

There should be marches in every neighborhood every day telling the people about the negativity of drugs and how the drugs help us to behave negatively.

Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering.

Everybody is vulnerable to being in relationships where they get fooled. I'm no different. It's just human nature.

Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish... we could be together. -Dimitri to Rose on their relationship

I had to change the shape of my own voice. It was quite hard to pull off and so once I had it, I stayed in Hitchcock's voice all day on set.

A custom-tailored suit retains a certain dignity about it.

I do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.