You gave me your curse, holy Fathers. I give you a blessing: May you be as moral and religious as I am.
I had gotten to the point where I was either going to play the violin much better or I was going to break it over my knee.
When you try to do something you've never done before, you risk falling on your face.
All talk of method and style seemed suddenly trivial; I became interested in meaning. I wanted to say something musically about life and living.
Composition can't really be taught, it is a lifelong learning.
If you're a composer, there's never a moment you're not working.
Different groups in different areas developed different traits to assure their survival.
Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message so that she may triumph; through zeal and civic action counterbalance the influence of money and the machinations lavished on the propagation of deception. That, in my opinion, is the most useful activity and the most sacred duty of pure patriotism.
Don't think of 60 as ten years older than 50. Think of it as only 1 year older than 59 Go ahead, as it's your birthday Delusion, today, is just fine
When I was younger I never drank. I never drank, I never did any weed or drugs or anything because I felt it would compromise my position. I was an orphan, and I had a feeling like if I ever hit the ground I may never get back up.