Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.
The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.