Mozart tapped the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breathtaking rightness.

The melody is generally what the piece is all about.

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."

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.

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 a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.