"Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying"

"Music is my religion"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop"

"Business is the salt of life"

"Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business"

"I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together"

"Music is the shorthand of emotion"

"All lasting business is built on friendship"

"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary"

"A man should never neglect his family for business"