All the same it is being said everywhere that I played too softly, or rather, too delicately for people used to the piano-pounding of the artists here.

Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.

Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.

Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.

I tell my piano the things I used to tell you

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.

Oh, how miserable it is to have no one to share your sorrows and joys, and, when your heart is heavy, to have no soul to whom you can pour out your woes.

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I mean. I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.

Life is the greatest grace.

I want to be humbled. I want to meet people more messed up than I am. I want to get lost and come out the other end having no idea who I am.

Somebody is perfect.Somebody is true.Somebody is cuddly.That somebody is you.

Battles over water in the West are always about something more. At their most elemental, they are about survival.

If you leave your art, the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or a prize worth handling.

My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it's feet first!

Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

Do not think little of any good deed, even if it is just greeting your brother with a smile.

First ask why, and decide whether something is worth doing. Only after that should you set about doing it as well as you can.

What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.