Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

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.

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.

Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

Kindness is for all times in all situations - not just when it suits you.

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

She carries chaos like an overcoat.

The Mean Value Theorem is the midwife of calculus - not very important or glamorous by itself, but often helping to deliver other theorems that are of major significance.

The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.

In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.

I loved Prince then, I love him now and will love him eternally. He's with our son now.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Do thou amend thy face, and I'll amend my life.

Before you judge people, judge yourself.