Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.

Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland: Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.

If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach.

The melody is generally what the piece is all about.

I adore extravagance but I abhor waste.

The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.