I've always thought that less was a lot more..

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful..

Our problem is that sound is not important in our culture. We know the world from the visual, not from the other senses. I had to be taught other w….

Nothing recalls the past like music..

Oh, am I wearing an ascot? I didn't notice..

The only truth is music..

Musical compositions, it should be remembered, do not inhabit certain countries, certain museums, like paintings and statues. The Mozart Quintet is n….

The memories which come to us through music are not accompanied by any regrets; for a moment music gives us back the pleasures it retraces, and we fe….

The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope..

I liked Bach played the way people expect Chopin to be played, and vice versa..

Nothing exists but him..

The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul..

Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!.

Everything is dead while it lives..

There is no phase of the Italian mind that has not found expression in its music..

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference..

Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically..

Can'ttrustpeople. Won'tdoanygood. They'llkillyoueverytime. They'llkilleachother. They'llkilleveryone..

Everybody changes, not just me..

Jazz is rhythm and meaning..

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts..