In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in back of my mind.
Charles IvesBeauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair. Many sounds that we are used to do not bother us, and for that reason we are inclined to call them beautiful. Frequently, when a new or unfamiliar work is accepted as beautiful on its first hearing, its fundamental quality is one that tends to put the mind to sleep.
Charles IvesMost of the forward movements of life in general ... have been the work of essentially religiously-minded people.
Charles Ives