I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech freedom of expression freedom of thought.
Language is like songs like food like dance-it is the expression of what we think.
I say let's go back to a truer use of the word 'freedom.' Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression freedom of worship freedom from want and freedom from fear. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively. Those freedoms are under attack today.
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.
While your life is the true expression of your faith whom can you fear?
Visible Faith is an expression of my Christian faith which must be visible to be real! I gave the name to the collection of musicians who worked with me on the record.
You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little dolls on the stage. In such an enormous space you can't put much faith in the personal presence of the individual singer which is reflected in facial expressions among other things.
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.
It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands new undertakings and new forms of expression.
The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality basic human rights freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.
If your faith is opposed to experience to human learning and investigation it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression as a normality and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.
I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams and I work in a way that has more control.
Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.