Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.

Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music.

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

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

I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest rock group, which I'm sure is exciting to some people, but it neglects a huge area of music.