I don't choose what I compose. It chooses me.
Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.
A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!