Sound is not simply what we hear or play, but equally a feeling in the body

Failing to remember is the primary reason for most performers' poor practising habits.

The most valuable practice aid is patience.

It is the height of professionalism to be able to make an ordinary piece of music sound good. When playing routine melodic studies the player must treat them as if they are musical value.

The underlying aim of practice . .is to create certainty through the development of high-quality listening.

Good listening is always the first step in the process that creates technique and capability

As soon as effective listening takes place, the ear identifies what needs to be done and guides the techniques search for a solution

. . when the initial excitement of playing starts to evaporate, good habits are needed to sustain the learning process.

There is no such thing as chance. Everything occurs as a result of cause and effect

Follow through.Make your dreams come true.Don't give up the fight.You will be alright.Cause there's no one like you in the universe

Heaven is the place where the donkey finally catches up with his carrot: hell is the eternity while he waits for it.

Spurs fans are feeling very boyish about the future

My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be.

Anyone who doesn't sing and dance at every opportunity is missing out on the joy of life.

What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait

Only God knows hearts, and so only He can say, in truth, “I know how you feel.”

O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-of silk-worm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!

When I was 17, I was always hanging out with the older kids, and a lot of times, the kids that graduated would come back and play pranks. I was a huge, huge, huge prankster.