"Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor"

"Music is my religion"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Business is the salt of life"

"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating"

"As soon as there is life there is danger"

"My one regret in life is that I am not someone else"