Her head is full of bubbles, her nose is petite, she looks like she never gets nothing to eat.

The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively - because without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins.

I'm in a big dilemma about my Big-Leg Emma.

It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.

The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound like that. Some people crave baseball...I find this unfathomable, but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing the bassoon.