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

As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever.

Yes, it is true. I am a miracle. I am a miracle like a tree is a miracle, like a flower is a miracle. Now, if I am a miracle, can I do a bad thing? I can't, because I am a miracle, I am a miracle. . . .

Music will save the world.

The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems to me that their creativity is no less than that of a violinist or painter.

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.