Frail! I like that word. Yes, that describes it well.

I was amazed at just what a great improviser in the true sense of the word he is, As frail as Dave is in some ways, he's still as powerful as he's ever been when he sits down at the piano.

It is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

Only farmers and summer guests walk on the moss. What they don't know - and it cannot be repeated too often - is that moss is terribly frail. Step on it once and it rises the next time it rains. The second time, it doesn't rise back up. And the third time you step on moss, it dies.

Music describes that which cannot be said, upon which it is impossible to be silent.

[For all that, their work with Bittová has been one of their more adventurous outings. She describes it as finding] a new musical language and expression, ... one of our greatest life experiences.