I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer.

Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.

Being unprepared heightens nerves.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.

Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.

Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.

I do not see scales as abstract.

It is normal to be nervous.

I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.

Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.

You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

You cannot prepare enough for anything.

I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer.

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

Running through things because you are familiar with them breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

The quickest way to unlock your talent is to take the flute out of the box.

Creating life at the speed of light is part of a new industrial revolution. Manufacturing will shift from centralised factories to a distributed, domestic manufacturing future, thanks to the rise of 3D printer technology.

There isn't anything I wanted to do that I haven't. At the same time, there isn't anything I've ever done that I didn't want to do better.

And shooting things in a documentary style was a good way to create tension and energy without money.

In the sense that people who produce things and work get rewarded, statistically. You don't get rewarded precisely for your effort, but in Russia you got rewarded for being alive, but not very well rewarded.

Let's face it, I ain't ever gonna be the best singer in the world, or the best anything.

I was a huge Muppet fan growing up, but that was the extent of my puppet knowledge. I really loved the art form and the whole Henson universe.

You have to open the music, so to speak, and see what's behind the notes because the notes are the same whether it is the music of Bach or someone else.

My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while they were pursuing their own college degrees.

The concept of 'peak oil' has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. 'Peak fish' occurred around the end of the 1980s.

Not being busy is something I worry about, but I think work begets work.

Italy has great food and Barcelona has great energy.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first heard the amazing bass guitar of James Jamerson, who played on all the big Motown hits of the '60s and '70s, I knew bass guitar was my instrument.

I care deeply about craft: the quality of how something is made and the experience it enables.

Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.

Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn't take a break from you.

The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care about the land and what they put in the food.

Some people are like clouds. When they go away, it's a brighter day.

When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.

I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none you discover its kind of a nice thing.

The president has declared that the debate over government-controlled health care is over. That will come as news to the millions of Americans who will elect Mitt Romney so we can repeal Obamacare.

I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very painful system, but shopping is even better when you know that someone else who needs it will be getting. Keep the clothing karma going, I say.

There's nowhere like home for me, but there has been something so interesting about most of the places I've visited. One that sticks out in my mind is traveling around South America. It's a huge continent, and I only got to see a small portion of it, but I've always liked going there.