We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
Good composers don't borrow, they steal
I am an inventor of music.
It's one of nature's way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.
Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.