We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it.

Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

A symphony is no joke.

Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration.

I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer.

It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it.

Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully.

If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.

We cling nervously to the melody but we dont handle it freely we dont really make anything new out of it we merely overload it.

Without craftsmanship inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

People voted with their hearts as they were remembering the father.

I think a lot of people are getting more serious about how to do the most good, but there is no road map. I'm hoping I can offer an example.

I came out of my shell in college.

A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.

Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.

Easter tells us of something children can't understand, because it addresses things they don't yet have to know: the weariness of life, the pain, the profound loneliness and hovering fear of meaninglessness.

I discovered Boulder not through cycling but skiing. I was recruited by the university for the ski team, and in my opinion, it's the best place for skiing - you have this super-light, fluffy champagne snow.

Donald Trump is an interesting fellow.

If life gives you lemons make some kind of fruity juice.

I don't have one geographic location that I'm exclusively loyal to.

Potatoes are obviously a good source of potassium. Carbs, you're burning off energy there. And salt, obviously. It's not the breakfast or type of meal of champions, but there are quirky things for everybody.

You know, there are people making a lot of money in this country who can actually afford their own health care. We are in a situation where we got a safety net in place in this country for people who frankly don't need one. We got to focus on making sure we got a safety net for those who actually need it.

At the end of the day, I only trust my family.

I had trained myself not to go to the bathroom throughout my elementary and junior high school years because I was bullied. And you don't understand why you're being bullied, so you just suppress it.

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.

It's always on everyone's list, like, 'What's New Orleans like?' I think people have a pre-conceived idea, like it's just Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street. But really, there's so much culture, the music's great, the food's great. It's not good for the waistline! But I'm actually from the South, I'm from Georgia, so the weather doesn't bother me.

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

I admire people who are completely at ease with themselves. But I don't have that feeling.

Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.

There is a very specific, unique brand of rivalry that exists between twins. You're always wondering who the Alpha twin is.

I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I write songs about people or after I meet them and they're somewhat biographical - they're fiction but also non-fiction.

It's vulgar, coming from where I do, to talk about money.

There are people that regardless of what it is, if it's something that's stressful, whatever it may be, they don't eat, they lose a lot of weight, a divorce, they get real thin. I'm the opposite.

Violence is always the last option, but if that time comes, it is the ONLY option.