...evil is a force and, like the physical and chemical forces, we cannot annihilate it; we may only change its form. We light upon one evil and hit it with all the might of our civilization, but only succeed in scattering it into a dozen of other forms

And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.

As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.

Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town.

She was my first love, and I loved her as only a boy loves.

Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.

I'm lonely I'll make me a world.