The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same

Often a single experience will open the young soul to music for a whole lifetime

Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture but a joy for the pupil; instill a thirst for finer music in him, a thirst which will last for a lifetime.

There is no complete spiritual life without music, for the human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music.

Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this...only the best is good enough for a child.

Music is nourishment, and a comforting elixir. Music multiplies the beauty of life and all its values.

To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.

It is our firm conviction that mankind will live the happier when it has learned to live with music more worthily. Whoever works to promote this end, in one way or another, has not lived in vain.

Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.

We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.

Our age of mechanization leads along a road ending with man himself as a machine. Only the spirit of singing can save us from this fate.

P.S. It's not schizophrenia, it's creativity, there is a difference. My voices go away after I let them tell their stories.

Nothing happens until something moves.

The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable.

I enjoy the process of writing. The torment comes in getting my bottom on the chair and in front of the typewriter.

To refuse has so many more consequences than submitting.

It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation to himself, and the degree in which they can serve and be useful to him.

My soul is always lifted up, and my spirit cheered and comforted, when I hear good music. I rejoice in it very much indeed.

Los Angeles is like San Diego's older, uglier sister that has herpes.

A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom for a thousand other hearts.

Everything we do we choose. So what is there to regret? You are the person you chose to be.