"Life depends on change, and renewal."

“Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history.”

Source : Peter Warlock (1998). “The Occasional Writings of Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock): Early music”

“A defective voice will always preclude an artist from achieving the complete development of his art, however intelligent he may be.... The voice is an instrument which the artist must learn to use with suppleness and sureness, as if it were a limb.”

“I had gone through life thinking that I was better than everyone else and at the same time, being afraid of everyone. I was afraid to be me.”

Source : Dennis Wholey (1984). “Courage to Change”, p.22, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“There is so much in the world to hate, why hate yourself?”

“My greatest regret is selling my company.”

“The happiest of people is the one under whose care people are happy because of him, and the most miserable of people is the one under whose care people are miserable because of him.”

“most crimes are connected to hunger. One hunger or another.”

Source : Marlena de Blasi (2008). “That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story”, p.66, Ballantine Books

“The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.”