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.

Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.

It's one of nature's way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.

Hurry? I have no time to hurry.

The performance of performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.

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.