I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don't succeed, I consider it my own fault.

The best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much perish. You have to treat everything with irony, especially the things you hold dear. There's more of a chance then that they'll survive.

Music is good, not evil. Poetry is good, not evil. Primitive, but oh, so true!

In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music.

A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one.

A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed.

A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed. Any prelude or fugue of Bach can be played at any tempo, with or without rhythmic nuances, and it will still be great music. That's how music should be written, so that no-one, no matter how philistine, can ruin it.