The underlying aim of practice . .is to create certainty through the development of high-quality listening.

Failing to remember is the primary reason for most performers' poor practising habits.

The most valuable practice aid is patience.

It is the height of professionalism to be able to make an ordinary piece of music sound good. When playing routine melodic studies the player must treat them as if they are musical value.

Good listening is always the first step in the process that creates technique and capability

As soon as effective listening takes place, the ear identifies what needs to be done and guides the techniques search for a solution

. . when the initial excitement of playing starts to evaporate, good habits are needed to sustain the learning process.

Sound is not simply what we hear or play, but equally a feeling in the body

It is possible to have what you wish for.

The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent.

I was too proud to show him how hurt I was.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.

We must prepare the ground for creativity. And if this also gives rise later to success in the economic sense, success in terms of Euros and Cents, this will by no means reduce my joy.

Architecture immortalizes and glorifies something. Hence there can be no architecture where there is nothing to glorify.

A company shouldn't take value from people's private messages.

You can say anything you want about how the brain works and people will believe you. Really, our brains are hard-wired like that.

Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without relying on religion.