Great music has layers of things to discover. I try to do so every night.

Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has, and all the refined, subtle sensuality that one can ask for

Music criticism should be to musicians what ornithology is to the birds.

Learn to give for free because this is the best way to serve humanity.

Personal commitment to the principles of the kingdom must take pre-eminence

Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.

The comfortable thing about the study of history is that it inclines us to think hopefully of our own times.

Love is a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them - we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

Success has a lot of different plateaus. But I first felt really proud of myself when I was doing an off-Broadway production in New York City.

To the being of fully alive, the future is not ominous but a promise; it surrounds the present like a halo.

Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent.

We must be talented, powerful and resilient creatures indeed given how much we manage to produce despite the constant undercutting, ridicule and needless censorship we aim at ourselves.