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The majority of juice-heads and winos and junkies arent musicians.
I was a terrible student. For me, to take a book home was a trial.
With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.
You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
Once I turned pro, so to speak, I put away childish things forever.
Why don't I just step out and slip into something more spectacular?
A pun is the lowest form of humor—when you don't think of it first.
I like the influence of pictures on music and the other way around.
Don't be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
I did spend a year in high school being obsessed with Fleetwood Mac.
When people ask what's on my iPod, it's the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
I discovered that I didn't want to be strict like a German composer.
I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.
I was born optimistic...I was laughing from the beginning of my life.
Ain't no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
My friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that keeps us sane!
Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.
The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.
I don't approve of people who watch television, but I am one of them.
The only thing I have ever really cared to be known as is a musician.
I'm not sure about life after this; god knows I'm not a spiritual man.
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.
Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano.
When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion.
We only begin to live life when we learn to accept it on its own terms.
My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I'm totally cool.
There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
A work of art is like a person: it has more than one soul in its breast.
I've always been an optimist and I believe laughter is a wonderful thing
Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.
There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.
The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.
I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.
I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.
Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.
The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry.
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.
Do, What you're going to do in longevity. Not just what happens tomorrow.
I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him.
I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can't walk away from you.