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

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.

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.

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.

Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.

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