The earth is suffocating... Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive.

Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.

Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.

Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.

I tell my piano the things I used to tell you

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.

Oh, how miserable it is to have no one to share your sorrows and joys, and, when your heart is heavy, to have no soul to whom you can pour out your woes.

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I mean. I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.

Yes. We will live the rest of our lives in hell. It's not so bad: as long as you're prepared for it, you can live anywhere.

I'm an insomniac, my mind works the night shift.

God take what He would, " she said. And He did, and He did, and He did and then gave her Halle who gave her freedom when it didn't mean a thing.

I cannot trust my other side, my drunken side, to act in my best interests anymore.

Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the law.

I am not responsible for what another man thinks. I do claim responsibility for helping another man think

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

I frequently do drive carpool in the clothes I slept in, because it's impossible to get three children out the door with lunches packed and all that stuff and have a do.

I play for the United States of America!

I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist.