I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect and fortunately I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me and perhaps I can do something to help them.

Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way they're similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional and the emotion in the music is built in whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way it's performed.

We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men and his religion... was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him by his position as a member of society.

My religion lies in my composition.

I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps you lift heavy weight as heavy as you can handle and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.

Science like art religion commerce warfare and even sleep is based on presuppositions.

In the relationship between man and religion the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality.

And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced is good.