Much more of the brain is devoted to movement than to language. Language is only a little thing sitting on top of this huge ocean of movement.

The power of music and the plasticity of the brain go together very strikingly, especially in young people.

We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.

Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.

In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing.

My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.

First thing about being a patient-you have to learn patience.