One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
The miracle is not that we do this work but that we are happy to do it.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
And as I grew older I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London and they said well no we won't accept you because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.
