"Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior."

"Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together …"

"No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration."

"Fear is the opposite of faith."

"Unwinding a habit that you have allowed to entangle you can be difficult. But the power is in you. Do not despair."

"There’s an old saying that “no matter how tall your grandpa is, you’ve got to do your own growing,” and that’s the pa…"

"My music springs from the soil of the American midwest. It is music of the plains rather than of the city and reflect…"

"As a music theorist, I have always contended that the historical approach to music theory is not enough. The modern t…"

"In music, the great essential after creation itself is communication through performance...it is of immediate and pri…"

"The artistic contribution of any nation and any age must be in terms of creation. Performers, symphony organizations,…"