"The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist"

"Music is my religion"

"There are no gains without pains"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"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"

"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization"

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit"

"Power wears out those who don't have it"