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The arts are part of the fiber of American society and should get Federal support.
I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.
One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.
I grew up not watching TV and I enjoy TV but it kind of takes my brain away from me.
I can't walk very well, but I'm not onstage to do walking. I'm on the stage to play.
Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.
One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.
At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.
No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.
It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.
Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't.
Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.
I was very unfamiliar with YouTube; I thought it was the place for dog and cat videos.
Music teaches people to work together, which is maybe one of the most important skills.
People, of all ages, are far more open than you might think to being moved in new ways.
Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.
One has to build a fist against anti-Semitism-a first class orchestra will be this fist.
As image-bearers of God, human beings likewise create in ways that reflect our identity.
As for minimalism, I don't care, don't care, don't care to repeat myself, repeat myself.
I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.
The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were taking a cure.
Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.
For me, I'm sort of a wanna-be composer, and I love being involved with the arrangements.
I think music should be the basis of an education, not just something you do once a week.
Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument?
Music has been a fantastic guidance for me. I'll be eternally thankful for this guidance.
Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.
Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
A genius! For 37 years I've practised fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius!
Everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop.
When you live in a small country such as Israel, the dream of any musician is to go abroad.
All the things I do in my videos - the jumps, twirls and back bends - will also be onstage.
I need to be able to play the music, and so I don't like to have intimidation be part of it.
Access Living is a powerful voice for people in the Chicago area who live with disabilities.
Only one of my grandchildren is serious about a musical instrument. The others dabble in it.
Our life must have an aim, but we must also ensure that the direction we take is a good one.
Homeopathy is one of the few medical specialties which carries no penalties -- only benefits.
Television will always err on the side of making something not quite as classy as it could be.
Everyone should in some way be creative, irrespective of the quality of that which he creates.
I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.
I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.
It was Skrillex who got me into dubstep. He made it melodic - not just a bunch of crazy sounds.
I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.
New York is the dirtiest, largest, ugliest, broken-down city in the world-but it's the only one.
There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.
This young man is an exceptionally gifted and talented violinist ... He is a first class talent.
Audiences respond in entirely different ways. One thing is unanimous - music binds us altogether.