We cannot underestimate the power of the different art forms, and the correspondences between them, which are an unending source of inspiration and enrichment.

The piece of music is nothing without the act of interpretation. That is the only way it can live, and it's a totally abstract thing.

Music does not live until it's interpreted - with all of its flaws, mannerisms, etc. It needs to be incarnated to be something.

My belief is that the music is always stronger than the performer: there is always something new, something we learn, whether at a performance or during a rehearsal.

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

Everything I do is 100% automation, which means I'm just doing it live.

When a woman who is sexual takes off her top, it plays into something.

I think what you've seen them do recently in the markets is what most of us learn doesn't ultimately work. But I think everyone has to figure that on their own.

I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

Both dance and dream are brought into being by the consciousness of a moment. They can never be repeated or successfully imitated. But you can dance and dream again. You must, if life is to continue.

Sometimes you have to do things when sad things happen.

There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.

God is not the author of all things, but of good only.

The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that.