1. “The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life.”
2. “To retire is to begin to die.”
3. “The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.”
4. “The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.”
5. “To live is not enough; we must take part.”
6. “The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.”
7. “It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.”
8. “Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.”
9. “There is no substitute for work; what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor.”
10. “As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever.”
11. “The heart of melody can never put on paper.”
12. “Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.”
13. “Resist doing things that have no meaning for life.”
14. “I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.”
15. “Say things to the world that are true.”
