I'm not God, don't intend to be and hope I never have that much power..

Courage, Alexan­der,” she whis­pered. “Courage, Ta­tiana..

All my work comes out of my life..

Courage, Alexander..... Courage, Tatiana.

I respect music, I do. I love it..

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music..

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to..

Whenever I get into something, I shut out everything else..

I have to do what's right..

Obession makes everything possible.

At no time will we be more Christlike than when we are a friend..

It is always dullest before the yawn..

I hope they understand that I really understand That they don't understand.

Everything is expressed through RELATIONSHIPS..

Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesome….

"Alexander, were you looking for me?" "All my life.".

You can't possibly be right for everything..

And she walked away, and she walked away, and that was that, and that was that..

The simpler we make things, the richer the experiences become..

Music is the universal language of mankind..

But the shortest works are always the best..