The good composer is slowly discovered the bad composer is slowly found out.

The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.

The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the music.

The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waiting for inspiration.

Jazz is not a 'form' but a collection of tags and tricks.

I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.

For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of the Creation.

Then I wondered if everybody has that person that haunts them, the one that got away.

You’re worried about what-ifs. Well, what if you stopped worrying?

I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.

Hide in your heart a bitter thought, Still it has power to blight; Think Love, although you speak it not It gives the world more light.

Why, dear boy, we don't send wizards to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts.

This one time I stayed up way past my bedtime... man that was scary.

You can't get any movement larger than five people without including at least one flippin idiot.

The most difficult step in the study of language is the first step.

I know it's absurd, but they're out saying so, and Hillary [Clinton] makes a big, big deal about climate change.

Believe in your passions and act on them.