And it totally has transformed my relationship with someone like, say, Bach. You know, Bach is born 330 years ago but, you know, gosh, he really is alive.

I played piano. I've always liked piano. My father played piano. Actually, to be fair, the sound of the harpsichord did annoy him a bit, and I thought, how can I annoy Dad? I'll play the harpsichord.

Well, within a phrase. And with a series of phrases, you can certainly create the effect of diminuendo and crescendo, no question.

The harpsichord was actually ideologically considered a very questionable instrument in that period, much like I think it's ideologically considered suspect today in some circles.

Well, harpsichord is kind of a big guitar, isn't it? I mean, it is plucked, after all.

God is the Father of lights.

I am not one and simple, but complex and many.

I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.

It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.

Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites.

Babies don't know who's rich and who's poor. You love 'em and they're happy.

I agree with [Donald] Trump: These trade agreements have not been good deals for America, and they need to be fixed.

If we are going to teach the world to stop hating the different, the other, then we’re going to have to start with children.

Rather than continuing to base our economy on a finite supply of dead things, we can base it on sources that are practically infinite and eternal: the sun, the moon, and the Earth's inner fire.