We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.
If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.
Art is great only when it bears the stamp of the individual.
Chopin was an invalid, as you know, but his music was volcanic.
Change follows change in us, almost without transition; we pass from blissful rapture to sobbing woe; a single step divides our sublimest ecstasies from the darkest depth of spiritual despondency.
Musical expression is never primarily national, but is personal and individual rather. It is so deep, so profound, that it goes beyond and below nationality and gives voice to the most private feeling. In music there is never exact heredity. Each man is an individual.
Rhythm is the pulse of music.
You go up to the devil and ask if he knows he's a sinner and he'll say, "Well, yes I am! And a mighty fine one at that!"
There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business.
Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
The tree of life for me is a symbol of abundance and eternal life.