The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Every word you’ve ever said, is written somewhere in my mind.

He who coordinates his thoughts with his actions controls his own destiny.” ~ Amunhotep El Bey

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama, Thank you for sending me Christmas and New Year greetings yet again. Welcome back to India... Would have loved to host you at my concert in Baroda on the 26th!

It's absolutely amazing what happens when you're consistent in your walk and you're consistent in the way you live your life.

I perform for soldiers because they are important.

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.

History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

The U.S. Armed Forces are the best trained, best equipped fighting forces in the world.

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.