Music is...the coordination between man and time.

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.

Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.

Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.