I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Like anyone else, there are days I feel beautiful and days I don't, and when I don't, I do something about it.
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.