One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world

All melodious poets shall be hoarse as street ballads, when once the penetrating keynote of nature and spirit is sounded-the earth-beat, sea-beat, heart-beat, which make the tune to which the sun rolls, and the globule of blood and the sap of the trees.

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole.

The future of music may not lie entirely in music itself, but rather in the way it encourages and extends, rather than limits the aspirations and ideals of the people, in the way it makes itself a part with the finer things that humanity does and dreams of.

It is more important to keep the horse going hard than to always play the exact notes.

Please don't try to make things nice! All the wrong notes are right. Just copy as I have -- I want it that way.