When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.
That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they're only made of sand.