Say things to the world that are true.

To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.

I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.

The simplest things in music are the ones that count. The simplest thing are, of course, also the most difficult to achieve and take years of work.

Beauty is all about us, but how many are blind! They look at the wonder of this earth and seem to see nothing. People move hectically but give little thought to where they are going. They seek excitement ... as if they were lost and desperate.

The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.

The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life.