The three greatest composers are Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. All the others are cretins.

A tenor is not a man but a disease.

In the beginning was rhythm.

You must have the score in your head, not your head in the score.

In the beginning there was rhythm.

Look within - there is no end!

It was a weakness, but he could not bear to disappoint women, even if it was ultimately for their own good.

That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.

I wanted to be a writer for a while. I was an excellent child writer. I won multiple poetry contests. I was published at age three - I think that was more about novelty than my immense talent.

It's a relationship I went through that collapsed my entire view of the world in a very extreme way.

The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.

Without living the most chaotic internal storms, you can't get the calmness of the wisdom! Wisdom is the child of the storm.

The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.

You can pretty much do it with anything. You can tell your life story with all the jeans you've worn, or every pair of shoes you've owned.

The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.