The Greatest Respect An Artist Can Pay

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.

We Are Not Free To Walk On Our Neighbor's Toes.

I See In The Melody Of Nature, God. It Is A Wonderful Work Of Art. The Spirit Of The Art Is Wonderful. And I Feel That I Am Myself Because I Have Never Taken Music Lightly. Music Is The Manifestation Of God, Like Everything Else.

To Be A Musician Is A Great Privilege But It Is Also A Very Great Responsibility. One Must Think That To Be A Musician Is A Gift - A Gift From Nature. There Is No Great Merit In Us Except In Loving This Gift With Respect And Devotion And Doing Everything Possible To Honor That Gift By Work And More Work. We Must Work With Conviction And Humility, Searching For Beauty, Simplicity, And The Truth. And It Is For Us Musicians To Do All In Our Power For A Better World. Music Must Carry The Message Of Beauty, Of Love And Of Peace.

In Music, In The Sea, In A Flower, In A Leaf, In An Act Of Kindness... I See What People Call God In All These Things.