"If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music."

"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding."

"The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause."

"The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content."

"God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny."

"In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more."

"I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score."

"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?"