Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.

Being unprepared heightens nerves.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.

Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.

Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.

I do not see scales as abstract.

It is normal to be nervous.

I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.

Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.

You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

You cannot prepare enough for anything.

I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer.

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

Running through things because you are familiar with them breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

The quickest way to unlock your talent is to take the flute out of the box.

There's no one defining moment that kills you or makes you.

From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.

There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.

They want more production and they want it cheaper. But no matter what happens, the creative idea will be perpetuated by somebody who comes up with a vision. I don't care if there are three ceos - it takes one guy with an idea.

I like being able to, you know, pack up and leave the country and hop on a plane and go wherever I want and stay wherever and bring my friends with me and bring my family on vacation. That's amazing.

There is no example of someone reading their scripture and saying, 'I have a prediction about the world that no one knows yet, because this gave me insight. Let's go test that prediction,' and have the prediction be correct.

I was a competitive swimmer in middle school and high school.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise

I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.

A Simple lifestyle of reduced consumption allows more time for interaction with living dynamic beings more opportunity for meeting the Other more fully and unencumbered.

Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.

Reality in movies is the reality of the story you're telling, so it may not match the reality as we know it, but the reason there's art is that it tries to bring some kind of understanding of all the suffering and joys and pain that we go through. Storytelling brings some value to it.

Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections.

I spend up to two hours a day on correspondence. Hearing from fans on the Internet and being able to directly respond to the fan base is exciting. You can cut out the middle man like the fan club... before a recent appearance in Tyler, Texas, I had fans reaching out on MySpace offering their lake house, Mavericks tickets. It was amazing.

Once you're in the military, she means a lot more to you than just a grandmother. She is the queen. And then you suddenly, it's like start realizing, you know, wow, this is quite a big deal. And then you get goose bumps and then the rest of it.

The harm done to Israel is damage done to the West. And delegitimizing Israel is a delegitimization of the West.

It's a taco that tastes as good as the idea of a taco itself. A taco that'll hold steadfast through memory's attempt to erase it, a taco that'll be worthy of the nostalgia that it will cause. A taco that won't satisfy or fill but will satiate your hunger.

Trendy is the last stage before tacky.

If you think only of evil, then you become pessimistic and hopeless like Freud. But if you think there is no evil, then you're just one more deluded Pollyanna.

I wouldn't say I'm girl-crazy, because that makes me sound like a bit of a womanizer. That isn't really me. But I am quite flirty - maybe too flirty. I'm an 18-year-old boy, and I like to have fun!

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair.