Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse

I believe that music surpasses even language in its power to mirror the innermost recesses of the human soul

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures.

Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past.

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined that it would have to be in Spanish.

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.