君子有三种事应该加以警戒：年轻的时候，血气还没有固定，力戒贪恋女色；到了壮年时期，血气正旺盛，力戒逞强好斗；到了老年时期，血气已经衰弱，力戒贪得无厌。

I don't like repetition because music needs innovation.

孤寂能产生独创精神，酝酿出一种敢作敢为、令人震惊的美丽的创作，也就是诗。但孤寂也会促成相反的东西，会养成人们不近人情、荒唐怪癖的性格，也会使人萌生非法之念。

The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutions” that get rid of the whole problem- at least in their imagination.

If you think you’re the best, you’ll never be the best.

I'm not afraid to take risks, because I know that's where growth happens.