It is curious how people go on believing that the musician knows less about what he is doing than those that judge him.
Darius MilhaudThe most difficult thing in music is still to write a melody of several bars which can be self-sufficient. That is the secret of music. While the technique should be as perfected as possible, that is a lesser essential Anybody can acquire a brilliant technique Melody alone permits a work to survive.
Darius Milhaud