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

I adore extravagance but I abhor waste.

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.

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

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

If you want to know about the Sixties, play the music of The Beatles.

A great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination.