People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
There is no theory. You merely have to listen. Pleasure is the law.
In opera, there is always too much singing.
Life is the space between our things.
On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly
Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called 'common sense', which is the most dreadful thing I know - after all, it's no more than a religion founded to excuse the ubiquity of imbeciles!