The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized

An apparent confusion, if lived with long enough, may become orderly . . . A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day's unity

Is not beauty in music too often confused with something which lets the ears lie back in an easy chair?

Everyone should have the opportunity of not being over-influenced.

My God! What has sound got to do with music?

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

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