A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit.
Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
Never sound pompous. You always sound noble, noble. Absolute character of music is nobility. Even popular music can be noble, you see. If it's not noble, then it's not very good. . . Music is an art of emotion, of nobility, of dignity, of greatness, of love, of tenderness. All that must be brought out in music but never a show of pompousness.
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.
I was born very, very lazy and I don't always practice very long. but I must say, in my defense, that it is not so good, in a musical way, to overpractice. When you do, the music seems to come out of your pocket. If you play with a feeling of 'Oh, I know this,' you play without that little drop of fresh blood that is necessary – and the audience feels it.
Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,'' and that's the only film they want to talk about. Equally, there are people who only want to talk about 'Galaxy Quest. ' And there's a whole bunch of teenagers who only want to talk about 'Dogma. '
Angels are spirit beings who are mentioned more than 250 times in both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Bible.
The greatest sin is to miss the point of human existence.
I really like listening to music in my car.