If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?

If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?

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

It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience.

Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth.

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

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