"What man is a man if he does not try to make the world better?"
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."
"Difficult times in life are inevitable. Find something worth defending, like music. Go home, put on your favorite record and play it as loud as you can - remembering with each note: This is something the darkness couldn't take from you."
“I believe arts education in music, theater, dance, and the visual arts is one of the most creative ways we have to find the gold that is buried just beneath the surface. They (children) have an enthusiasm for life, a spark of creativity, and vivid imaginations that need training – training that prepares them to become confident young men and women.”
“Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education, because
rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”
“Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them – a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.”