Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.

All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.

Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica.

The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.

The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.

I would love to learn archery. Unfortunately I'm too busy writing and drawing ten thousand comics a month. Maybe one day!

My favorite dish is bibimbap, which is composed of various vegetables, steamed and pickled, and meat toppings over a bed of rice.

I started my career as a singer in Japan, but left it all behind to focus on my dancing career.

I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get it right and get it funny. I really enjoy doing it. I kind of wish I'd done it more. I can't complain. I've had a fair crack of the whip.

If I can find time to play games, it's console gaming. I don't want to be plugged into my phone all the time. I'm waiting for the new Mario Kart to come out, but I've been playing Donkey Kong and Mario 3D World on the Wii U.

With writing, I love doing it, but there's that love-hate relationship: You're not having a good run, you've hit a wall; it's frustrating.

All sorts of creative communities are withering in New York because it's too hard to live here. It's ridiculous how expensive it is.

Embrace the moment, your life will be whatever you want to make of it. Be inspired to do great works. You aren't finished yet. Go for your goals!

As an actor, it's hard to approach any character with negatives.

It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm.

Its all about your determination I think as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent but its that determination.

It frustrates me when my mind wanders and when I end up reading the same words again and again.

Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them.

Never was a miser a brave soul.

There are people working in Mahoning Valley in steel, in Findlay, Ohio, in rubber, in many other places because we've enforced trade deals.

There was no drive because I wanted to become a great designer... I had two small children and a mother, and we all had to eat. That's the drive I had.

I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.

My greatest fear in the state of Maine: newspapers. I'm not a fan of newspapers.

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

After 20 years of doing comedy, I find dramatic work more challenging.

I love theater. I grew up doing theater.

Child care is an invisible part of the economy.

When you're used to being at a point where you're deadlifting close to 600 pounds, getting to be 5.5 percent body fat and seeing veins in places you shouldn't see them, it kind of skews your understanding of what is normal and OK.