“Meaning is not what happens, but what you do with what happens.”

“When I visit someplace new my favorite thing to do is eat...and walk, preferable to a place where I can eat some more.”

“Foodlike art, like music brings people together, its true. It begins, though, with a private experience, a single person stirred, moved, and wanting company in that altered stated. So we say, You h...”

“Food—like art, like music— brings people together, it’s true. It begins, though, with a private experience, a single person stirred, moved, and wanting company in that altered stated. So we say, “Y...”

“Nature is impulsive. To be impulsive is to be fully alive.”

“When we move in a direction that touches our heart, we add to the momentum of deeper purpose that makes us feel more alive.”

“When I rest my feet my mind also ceases to function.”

“The devil's happy when the critics run you off.”

“Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.”

“I would say that Op 31 had brought music just to the very edge I just simply drew back and said, beyond that lies complete chaos.”

“Master your mind and you'll master the world around you.”

“Give me meaning, give me soul. Give my rapture, wild, a heart that is raw. Give me a mind that thinks for itself and imagines freely.”

“Broken hearts mend but souls forever fight the battle.”