The Greatest Respect An Artist Can Pay

The Most Important Thing In Music Is What Is Not In The Notes.

Each Person Has Inside A Basic Decency And Goodness. If He Listens To It And Acts On It, He Is Giving A Great Deal Of What It Is The World Needs Most. It Is Not Complicated But It Takes Courage. It Takes Courage For A Person To Listen To His Own Goodness And Act On It.

Music Is The Divine Way To Tell Beautiful, Poetic Things To The Heart.

The Love Of One's Country Is A Splendid Thing. But Why Should Love Stop At The Border?

One Should Be Able To Say To Our Children: You Are A Marvel! You Are Unique. In All The World, There Is No Other Child Exactly Like You. In The Millions Of Years That Have Passed, There Has Never Been Another Child Like You! ... And When You Grow Up, Can You Harm Another Who Is, Like You, A Marvel?