Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world

Every great inspiration is but an experiment - though every experiment we know, is not a great inspiration.

My God! What has sound got to do with music?

If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?

One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife

The word 'beauty' is as easy to use as the word 'degenerate.' Both come in handy when one does or does not agree with you

Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair. Many sounds that we are used to do not bother us, and for that reason we are inclined to call them beautiful. Frequently, when a new or unfamiliar work is accepted as beautiful on its first hearing, its fundamental quality is one that tends to put the mind to sleep.