Flute Quotes

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity

for taking things for granted.

True power is service.

A girl phoned me the other day and said...

Come on over, there's nobody home.

I went over.

Nobody was home.

Words are only painted fire;

a look is the fire itself.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

The general idea of the rich helping

the poor is important.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon.

We are never tired,

so long as we can see far enough.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

You have to be brave to be an artist.

A chief event of life is the day in which

we have encountered a mind that startled us.

If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep,

you will work until you die.

As I would not be a slave,

so I would not be a master.

This expresses my idea of democracy.

If you don't ask,

you don't get

Stevie Wonder

I had plenty of pimples as a kid.

One day I fell asleep in the library.

When I woke up,

a blind man was reading my face.

Learning how to be still,

to really be still and let life happen

that stillness becomes a radiance.

Never give up,

even when the world doubts you.

Discipline is the soul of an army.

It makes small numbers formidable;

procures success to the weak,

and esteem to all.

There is no more dangerous enemy than a foolish friend.

The goal of my shows,

my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it,

whatever ventures I might pursue,

would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far

more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

From there to here,

and here to there,

funny things are everywhere.