Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.

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

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.

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

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