Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want.
The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up.
An entire composition written in jazz could not live.
It is always possible to create something original.
The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me.
Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.