To compose is to remember music that has never been written.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

Talent works, genius creates.

When you play, never mind who listens to you.

For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.

Play always as if in the presence of a master.

I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.

When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

And third my Dad doesn't like you.He won't tell me whybut he's a smart man.If he doesn't like you I can't likeyou, either.

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

When we fill our thoughts with right things, the wrong ones have no room to enter

If all women on earth woke up tomorrow feeling truly positive and powerful in their own bodies, the economies of the globe would collapse overnight.

If you want to give an advice to someone, you must first be somebody.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

The Milkoviches are a much more extreme, much darker version of what the Gallaghers could be. The Gallaghers don't have a violent, sexually abusive, bigoted gangster for a father.

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

Peace is a costly privilege-to be fought for, attained and won. It comes only from a conquered mind.

Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light.