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.

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.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

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.

Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.

I perceived that I wouldn't have to go out and search for what I was supposed to do- it would unfold before me.

Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever

The first step to finding a God-written love story is handing the pen to the true Author of romance.

The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move.

By my estimation, dating was 1 percent confidence and 99 percent troubleshooting.

To achieve longevity you will have cycles. No one gets there in one straight shot.

God is wanting you to give Him the despised, the humdrum things in your life - like feet - and let Him make them beautiful.

There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man.

I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.