1. “A goal is a dream with a finish line.”
2. “I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline.”
3. “Love is supreme and unconditional. Like is nice, but limited.”
4. “Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don’t want it.”
5. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
6. “People don’t retire. They are retired by others.”
7. “Music is tonal reflection of beauty.”
8. “Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.”
9. “A man is a god in ruins.”
10. “There are two kinds of worries – those you can do something about and those you can’t. Don’t spend any time on the latter.”
11. “There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.”
12. “Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.”
13. “The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.”
14. “There are two kinds of music. Good music and the other kind.”
15. “Simplicity is a most complex form.”
16. “The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.”
17. “Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.”
18. “Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only no your own good taste.”
19. “You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.”
20. “There is no art without intention.”
21. “Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.”
22. “Music is my mistress and he plays second fiddle to no one.”
23. “Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.”
24. “A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.”
25. “Every man prays in his own language.”
