I see in the melody of Nature, God. It is a wonderful work of art. The spirit of the art is wonderful. And I feel that I am myself because I have never taken music lightly. Music is the manifestation of God, like everything else.

Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.

I do not think a day passes in my life in which I fail to look with fresh amazement at the miracle of nature.

The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step.

To retire is the beginning of death.

Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.

Say things to the world that are true.