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.

Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.

My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell.

Revolution means turning the wheel.

Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.

All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.

Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.