"No matter how tired I am, when a great song comes on, I'm full of energy."

“A line is not made up of points. ... In the same way, time is not made up parts considered as indivisible 'nows.' Part of Aristotle's reply to Zeno's paradox concerning continuity.”

“Beethoven and Liszt have contributed to the advent of long hair.”

Source : Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Jeanne Behrend (2006). “Notes of a Pianist”, p.120, Princeton University Press

“There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things and because it takes a man's life to know them the little that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave.”

Source : Josef Von Sternberg (1988). “Fun in a Chinese Laundry”

“My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.”

“I hate desks; they make me feel like a child doing homework.”

“Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away.”

“I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.”

“Life is complicated. It wtarts before we're ready, it continues while we're still trying to figure out the point of it. And it ends long before we've worked out just what to do.”