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

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

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.

I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.

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

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

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.