Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.
What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.
The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.
I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.
Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.
Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.
I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.
It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.
We cannot resist change, but we can choose the direction of change.