It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice love passion.
Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.
Always remember your days are blessed. You may know how to profit from them or you may not, but they are blessed.
Nothing is better than music.... It has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.
Life is denied by lack of attention whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.