Music was our food... When we can play, it can't be so terrible. The music, the music!

Hatred eats the soul of the hater, not the hated.

I think I am in my last days, but it doesn't really matter because I have had such a beautiful life. I have lived through many wars and have lost everything many times - including my husband, my mother and my beloved son. Yet, life is beautiful, and I have so much to learn and enjoy. I have no space nor time for pessimism and hate. Life is beautiful, love is beautiful, nature and music are beautiful. Everything we experience is a gift, a present we should cherish and pass on to those we love.

I've always been an optimist and I believe laughter is a wonderful thing

Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.

The worst thing in life is boredom. When people don't know what to do with themselves, they are very, very poor.

When you are optimistic, when you are not complaining, when you look at the good side of your life, everybody loves you.