The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?

Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.

What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, including ethics, has a price.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.

Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.

People don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along for the ride.

Be careful, Hally.""Of what? The truth? I seem to be the only one around here who is prepared to face it.

we all are right and wrong at the same time according to our view.

There are dozens of unfinished or aborted projects in my files, but I can only assume they don't get done because they're not robust enough to struggle through the birth process.

It is obvious that an imagined #‎ world , however different it may be from the real one, must have something - a form - in common with it.

I can't believe when you write something from within, how many people relate to it.

I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie. That's actually how I get work: I enroll. That's like my good luck charm.

If you desire wisdom like money and buried treasures, then you'll find it!

You want to prevent war, you talk, talk, but you also have to back it up with actions.

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.