Composition can't really be taught, it is a lifelong learning.

I had gotten to the point where I was either going to play the violin much better or I was going to break it over my knee.

When you try to do something you've never done before, you risk falling on your face.

All talk of method and style seemed suddenly trivial; I became interested in meaning. I wanted to say something musically about life and living.

If you're a composer, there's never a moment you're not working.

In an empire as unruly as Rome, it is quite easy to get away with something as thespian as murder.

The only sin is mediocrity.

History, facts and truth are all Divine Products, and must prevail.

She better liked to see him free and happy, even than to have him near her, because she loved him better than herself.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference.

I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!'

Nowadays when you buy music its like you're donating to that cause, because you most likely could hear it in some capacity for free.

Greatness is a journey that begins with the impossible and turns in to the unforgettable.

Fight for your dreams, and your dreams will fight for you.

Alexander the Great, who said on his wedding night, It's only a nickname. Never got a dinner!