The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful poetic things to the heart.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.