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

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.

We have more power than will; and it is often by way of excuse to ourselves that we fancy things are impossible.

When I originally came to the U.S., my mother came with a couple hundred dollars to her name. I didn't know we were struggling because she hid that from me. But it was definitely a struggle to get through life and get through school.

It's not coincidence that the U.S. is in last place in the world in terms of corporate tax rate. It's because our system is set up to block tax reform.

I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.

Slavery didn't break up the black families as much as liberal welfare rules.

To be precise and reckless: that is the consummation devoutly to be wished.

My partners are Gourov Dasgupta and Roshan Balu. Together, we're 'Superbia'. I've already signed some film and non-film assignments.

No one ever died from an open mind.

Artistic tricks divert from the effect that an artist endeavors to produce, and even excellent elements such as bullets, arrows, brackets, ornate initials, are at best superficial ornamentation unless logically employed.

One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.

I'm kind of shy and quiet. But I'm only shy in my personal life. If I'm working, somehow I'm not and it goes away.

Dont take a good woman for granted. Someday someone will come along and appreciate what you didnt.

Among many of my friends and acquaintances, I seem to be one of the very few individuals who felt or feels no ambivalence about my mother. All my feelings for my mother were positive, very strong and abiding.

The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals.

When I weed, I like to get off into my own head. For one thing, my wife plants and I have trouble telling which plants are weeds and which are my favorite plants. So I tend to hop around and grab the weeds that I know are weeds. So I don't weed all that linearly. I tend to weed haphazardly.

Oxford has a slightly mythical rep, particularly for people who haven't been there.

Clock measurement is not time itself. In fact, so opposed are they that one could argue the clock is not a synonym, but the opposite of time.

It seems that 'rocket scientist' is a job category that's here for the long haul, like 'mortician.' But all this activity masks an important point: rockets are not a terribly efficient way to lift things into space.

I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league.

Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.

You know, 10 years ago I never thought I'd be in this position. It's a dream and I don't even know if I dreamed this big.

What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S.