The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.

Beethoven in c minor has come to symbolize his artistic character...where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise.

When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered.

Stage fright, like epilepsy, is a divine ailment, a sacred madness... It is a grace that is sufficient in the old Jesuit sense - that is, insufficient by itself but a necessary condition for success.

Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi.

we became the books we read.

I was irritated by the way he conflated his own shifting needs with an impersonal destiny. I want it, therefore...it's in the stars!

Often, we try to tell God what we want Him to do—but ask Him to help you guard against this, and to seek His will instead of your own. Pray and ask God to guide you.

She was drawn to damaged souls like a moth to a flame.

We put things in order - God does the rest. Lay an iron bar east and west it is not magnetized. Lay it north and south and it is.

If you're living your life in fear, then you're just not living.

One of my greatest personal heroes is Jerry Lopez. When you can snowboard like he surfs, you'll be there!

I guess I'm not a professional's professional. I think I'd rather go to the dentist than play a practice round.

A clever man can see the world from a cave much better than a stupid man can from the top of a mountain!

Whoever is still seeking for miracles so that he may believe is himself a wonder, who does not believe while the world around him does.