All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.
Life is a lot like jazz. It's best when you improvise.
Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius.
My people are Americans. My time is today.
An entire composition written in jazz could not live.
Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.