It is a funny thing, but when I am making music, all the answers I seek for in life seem to be there, in the music. Or rather, I should say, when I am making music, there are no questions and no need for answers.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.
Tradition is laziness.
To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.