"Concern for someone else was a good remedy for taking the mind off one's own troubles."

"From the persistence of noise comes the insistence of rage. From the emergence of tone comes the divergence of thought. From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence."

"All the world is queer save thee and me. And even thou art a little queer."

"I might have made a tactical error not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that didn't pay off."

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."

"Master your instrument, master the music, and then forget all that crap and just play."

"I am the only guinea pig I have."

"A closed mouth gathers no feet."

"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg."

"the music was human; the static was natural."

"A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood."

"We do not remember days, we remember moments."