“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music.”

“I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through.....listen to this music”

“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?”

“You have to, take a deep breath. and allow the music to flow through you. Revel in it, allow yourself to awe. When you play allow the music to break your heart with its beauty.”

“There are people whose deaths make you ache with sadness. And then there are people whose deaths prevent the sun from rising, deaths that turn the walls black in every room you walk through, deaths that send storm clouds and a wail swirling through your head so that you can't hear music and you can't recognize your furniture or your own face in the mirror.”

“You say you're a pessimist, but I happen to know that you're in the habit of practicing your flute for two hours every evening.”