Music is the can-opener of the soul.

Until he [man] has become fully human, until he learns to conduct himself as a member of the earth, he will continue to create gods who will destroy him. The tragedy of Greece lies not in the destruction of a great culture but in the abortion of a great vision.

I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous man, the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the man in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable

Work on one thing at a time until finished.

The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

There is something else to be said about this immediate, spontaneous way of working, and that is this: in such moments, one is playing at the game of creation.