Ira Gershwin

A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

To me, it was shocking that a government of men could look with such extreme contempt on a movement that was asking nothing except such a simple little thing as the right to vote.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.