Morality existed only in action. It arose out of action: was formed and tested in action: expressed itself in action. That was why we mustn't cheapen it with words

Loneliness sometimes gives me a quantity of creativeness - you're drinking another glass of wine and you're feeling even worse. Art doesn't work without pain

I just want to live in a way that either wakes people up or shakes people up. Whether I have opened a wound or opened a heart, I have touched a life and helped bring a change.

How starved they seemed for ordinary kindness

Move from the known to the unknown.

My daughter, I can't give up because she's watching and she's here and she's waiting for me to be an example. So, between her, myself, and my will, and me pushing myself, that's my inspiration.

You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you.

There is something so horrifying and so sad when people are living alone. That is why the old and lonely come to us.

When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.

Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.

There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do.