Until I die there will be sounds. And they will continue following my death. One need not fear about the future of music.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.

The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.

It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.

I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.

Good music can act as a guide to good living.

Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.

It’s Not About How Much Money You Make, Instead It’s About What You Do With The Money That You Do Make.

The word in your mouth is anarchy.

I feel dominant - I feel the triangle offense utilizes all my skills.

[I]nstead of the usual "Why can't we make movies more like real life?" I think a more pertinent question is "Why can't real life be more like the movies?"

Profound minds are the most likely to think lightly of the resources of human reason, and it is the superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief.

There's nothing wrong with having a 9-to-5 job, but figure out a way to have another stream of income.

When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy.

The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue.

Racism, because it favors color over talent, is bad for business.

To do good, you actually have to do something.