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

Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"

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

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."

Mozart in his music was probably the most reasonable of the world's great composers. It is the happy balance between flight and control, between sensibility and self-discipline, simplicity and sophistication of style that is his particular province... Mozart tapped once again the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breath-taking rightness that has never since been duplicated.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

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