I cannot now evaluate the events that, at the end of those thirty years, made me discover the necessity of religious belief. I was not reasoned into my disposition. Though I admire the structured thought of theology, it is to religion no more than counterpoint exercises are to music.

All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.

Music is given to us specifically to make order of things, to move from an anarchic, individualistic state to a regulated, perfectly concious one, which alone insures vitality and durability.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one

The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.