It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music.

A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its mass and proportions are the result of an emotion, as well as of calculation.

Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?

It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music.

Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.