Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians are, for better or worse, prisoners of Gutenberg.

On the subject of wild mushrooms, it is easy to tell who is an expert and who is not: The expert is the one who is still alive.

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose.

The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task.

[Rubinstein was] a fountain from which music spouted, not a recitalist.

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors.

The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up their heads from the keyboard long enough to claim it.

There is no pride in true love.

Only the painter who knows his business can create the impression that a picture was done in one stroke.

You can achieve the goal with courage, confidence and commitment.

Having unthoughtful thoughts for me is unthinkable, so much so that I cannot even think about that.

An old dog barks not in vain.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

I don't want to hurt people.

I try to work out more now. I have been really thinking about getting into yoga, though. I can use that, believe it.

You get used to the exact amount of space between lines. You write a word and then you write an alternate word over it. You want enough room so you can read it, so the lines can't be too close.