The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past.

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If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.

If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.

Give me good digestion, Lord, And also something to digest; but where and how that...

Give me good digestion, Lord, And also something to digest; but where and how that...

We are tomorrow's past.

We are tomorrow's past.

Saddle your dreams before you ride em.

Saddle your dreams before you ride em.

Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.

Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.

As regards rap music, I believe that the c is silent.

As regards rap music, I believe that the c is silent.

I'm a Hollywood Trainwreck.

I'm a Hollywood Trainwreck.

Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear...

Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear...

A song is like a smile. If you meet people from another country, even if...

A song is like a smile. If you meet people from another country, even if...

So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty?...

So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty?...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but...

I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but...

No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive range, and no electric instrument can...

No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive range, and no electric instrument can...

Few things anger me more than having a song stuck in my head that I...

Few things anger me more than having a song stuck in my head that I...

Music is only love looking for words

Music is only love looking for words

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and...

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and...

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it...

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it...

See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I...

See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I...

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

It's better to burn out, then to fade away.

It's better to burn out, then to fade away.