The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.

The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.

It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.

I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.

Good music can act as a guide to good living.

Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.

I am not where I am because of luck. I am where I am because I took risks others weren’t willing to take. The world rewards the risk takers. It always has. It always will.

I will follow anyone... and invite everyone... too unite and defend the freedom of expression.

In math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That's what I liked about math. You could figure it out, and the teacher couldn't have a stupid opinion about it.

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best day is unable to defeat the best computer.

When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.

The system promotes to the top those who don't care about the planet.

Exercising with a trainer makes my quality of life go through the roof.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.

When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard guy.'