Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.

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

The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy.

Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific.

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

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