Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

Being unprepared heightens nerves.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

The quickest way to unlock your talent is to take the flute out of the box.

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.

Taking drugs to overcome nerves is the thin edge of the wedge going in there.

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.

It is normal to be nervous.

Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.

Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.

If the shoe doesn't fit - break it!

Writers are cannibals. They really are. They are predators, and if you are friends with them, and if you say anything funny at dinner, or if anything good happens to you, you are in big trouble.

You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out.

Normally a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich if a prosecutor asks it to.

We just have to go after our game plan.

Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed.

Life is love, enjoy it. Life is mystery, know it. Life is a promise, fulfill it.

If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.

If Christ has once possessed the affections, there is no dispossessing of him again. A fire in the heart overcomes all fires without.