Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.