Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.

Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning

An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

What is written is merely the dregs of experience.

I don’t mind my friends calling me 'Thornes, ' but the fact of people calling me 'Prickly Thornes' draws the line.

I'm the cover of a book, Whose pages are still being written

In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

Ahh, Earth Day, the only day of the year where being able to hacky-sack will get you laid.

The age calls for simple statements and restatements of simple truths. The prophets of doom are involved, those who would bring light must be clear.

It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.

I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same vein. It's all about connecting and telling a story.

The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age