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I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole.

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.

I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.

Who on earth would expect a band such as Nightwish, to give you, of all people, the phone call, 'Hey, can you come and join us now?' Yeah, that turned everything upside down.

One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

I might move to Finland, at least for a while, to learn the language a bit better, 'cause you don't learn any language better than in the country itself.

I'm precise. I think in proportions. I play games with numbers, and I proportionalise.

I had a general burnout: I got extremely tired; I couldn't do anything anymore. I canceled tours; I cancelled everything in my life. For a year and a half, I was completely sick; I couldn't do anything. So yeah, I wanted to write about it in my lyrics. 'Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown' is really about that, the inspiration behind it.

We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.

There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.

Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.

Records became much cruder in the last 20 years. Let's put it that way.

Paul has more, I think, of a feel for the stage. Whereas I have it more for the notes themselves. I love record making and mixing, arranging, producing. That I love. I love to make beautiful things, but I don't like to perform.

I'm a complete and utter busker.

I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now.

I think Edith Evans is the most marvelous actress in the world and she can look beautiful. People who aren't beautiful can look beautiful. She can look as beautiful as Diana Cooper, who was the most beautiful woman in the world.

There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.

I've always been mad about cats.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so. Apart from him and outside cricket, my mother has remained my inspiration. Whatever difficult time I had faced, she was always there for me. She has given me all the strength. She maintained her composure and supported me in tough times.