We musicians play in Time and with Time, but sometimes it is Time that plays with us. One day, unpredictably, the evolution of culture makes real an oeuvre which has lain in obscurity.

Baton technique is to a conductor what fingers are to a pianist.

Do you think there's a difference? Between belonging with and belonging to?

One of the great joys of science has to be turning a thought that surfaced one night over a few beers into a full-blown project.

He's always been known to be entrepenurious.

A conflict of values is not a misunderstanding. Islamic orthodoxy and the German constitution are not compatible.

My conversations with God always seem leave him speechless.

All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.

I'm the type to say a prayer and then go get what I just prayed for.

If we want to boost border security, we have to help law enforcement agencies beef up their resources to meet this demand. We cannot have one without the other.

How we treat food is how we treat ourselves. Eating and buying organic means we're committed to a healthier world overall. It's good karma.

The most important thing about marriage is that the man must not let the woman feel downtrodden simply because she is a woman and he is a man.