The modern composer builds his works on the basis of truth.

The end of all good music is to affect the soul.

Text first, rhythm second, melody third.

The goods of this world are most dear to me, but much dearer are peace of mind and my own honor.

The modern composer builds upon the foundation of truth.

Politics is an alternative to war and if you're in it, you live it as such. You win some & you lose at times.

My job had been to get the package from point A to point B and what happened after that did not need to concern me. I was just the mule.

She loves you. Do you even know what to do with that?” I kissed the top of her head. “Cherish it like it’s the most precious thing on the face of the earth.

One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year.

The past is gone-the future is not come. And we are here together, you and I.

There are no vacant lots in nature.

Wagner is the Puccini of music.

What thrills me about trains is not their size or their equipment but the fact that they are moving, that they embody a connection between unseen places.

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.

When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do you need?'