Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man.

The fundamental Law of The Universe states that all human beings are fundamentally the same and therefore have an equal right to live in equality.

For most singers the first half of the career involves extending one's repertoire the second half trimming it.

I think you need to have people around you who can remind you that, actually, what you just said makes no sense. Fortunately, I have my wife to do that continually.

A male feminist is one of the most glorious end-products of evolution.

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.

There are two types of forwards. Scorers and bangers. Scorers score and bangers bang.

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

The passion to condense from book to book Unbroken wisdom in a single look, Though we know well that when this fix the head, The mind's immortal, but the man is dead.