Krzysztof Penderecki Quotes

One day I'll be able to relax a bit, and try and become a good composer.

I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.

One day I would like to have my own art show.

Each year 70 million Chinese leave China freely—go out to the West and the rest of the world—and freely return to China which some call a prison.

I was one of the first Japanese to visit foreign lands and was able to do so only by stealth.

There are over 10 million ethnic Poles in the United States which make the U. S. a comfortable place to visit. But Poles going to Disney World go to Paris instead of going to Orlando or Los Angeles. Why? Because they do not want to endure the indignity of having to stand in line to get permission to travel to the United States.

At thirteen, I accompanied my mother to the Hawaiian Islands. There, for the first time, I saw the wonder of a steamship and the vastness of the ocean. From that time on, I was eager to acquire the knowledge of the West and to fathom the mysteries of nature.

A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.

I hope to be painting more and travelling. Maybe fall in love. Have a dog one day. You know, all the good things.

In the West, it's just a given that art exists in this high-class place. But in Japan, there's no high class. The minute you come out, you're low class.

I try to write five or six songs each year and not just in one genre.

One day, I'll be photographing Kate Moss in Paris, then I'll be on Stephanie Seymour's ranch with her hundred horses wondering what exactly it is I'm doing there.

I was someone who knew what they wanted to do for so long. I was always fascinated by music, always a student of pop.

Drake and Kanye make me want to get better.

There have been points in my life as an artist where I have wanted to capture people's attention, probably to compensate for times when I felt invisible.

As a gay man, there are certain places that I avoid. When I go to China, I lie and pretend I'm not married, which is really sad - I leave my ring at home. But I'm not willing to risk my safety in a country that could cause me no end of problems or where it's illegal to be gay. I'm very aware of the places I can travel to safely and where I cannot.

I don't care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.

I'm a really competitive guy. I'm a really stubborn guy. That's what makes me want to take Milwaukee to the top, make Milwaukee a big market team. That's a goal I've set for myself. Hopefully, one day I can achieve it.

I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer.

When we do 'The Bachelor,' usually we'll tell the ladies two suitcases and that's it, cause we gotta travel around the world. Inevitably there are a few that will come with five, six suitcases and we're like, this doesn't work, this is not going to be a thing.

I don't know if I'll ever feel like I've made it. That is part of the reason why all of us, as artists, are always wanting more and working towards more and keeping busy. There is just so much that we all want to accomplish, and I just have so many goals that I haven't met yet.

When I was younger I would go to the airport with my friends and drive out 2 A.M., 3 A.M. in the morning and just hang out until sunrise watching planes fly in and fly out. Just sit there and dream about how, one day, that's going to be us in those flights. We're gonna be one of those people with places to go.

We have always been dreamers, and we are admittedly overachievers, and coming out of high school, we didn't want to be struggling artists.

Making music all the time was my dream.

Because in both TV and film every story under the sun is being told, and so music shouldn't be restricted to have to follow, like, the John Williams template or something. I love John Williams, but that sound doesn't suit every story.