I want to make the world better.

It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style.

I just have to take my chances like any other composer.

I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine.

I see only adaptations - not revolutions.

Ive managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. Its all about ideas.

If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.

My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman.

I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine.

Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.

Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.

Those who do not forgive history are assigned to repeat it until compassion replaces judgment.

My own path towards wellness has been a long and dynamic one. It's taught me that healing from the inside out takes time and there can be great value in various sources of guidance.

When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.

My advice is flip a coin. If you regret the way it landed, then go with your gut.

There is no need of a teacher for those who know how to think.

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

I really think that people have to think safety; taking risks for higher yield is a bad idea once you're in late or latish middle age.

Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.

With charity, money is purified. By service, our actions are purified. With music, our emotions are purified and with knowledge our intellect is purified.