"I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success."

"Music for me, it demands full concentration."

"No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes."

"When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple."

"You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time."

"I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time."

"Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules."

"My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time."