There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction.

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.

We live in an age so legalistic, we find it hard to imagine someone wanting to obey their Lord simply because they love their God.

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.

Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.

Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time. But now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time.

It has been said that the only reason for leaving England is to give yourself the pleasure of coming back to it.

If we do not get No Child Left Behind right for Limited English Proficient students, the law will be a failure for most schools in the 15th Congressional District, and for many across the nation.

Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.