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

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

Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward.

I don't know what will become of this piece. Our brave critics will no doubt charge me with imitating Ravel's Bolero. Too bad - this is how I hear war.

When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.

Stravinsky the composer I worship. Stravinsky the thinker I despise.

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.