We only hear what we listen for.

Each moment presents what happens.

Artists talk a lot about freedom. So, recalling the expression "free as a bird," Morton Feldman went to a park one day and spent some time watching our feathered friends. When he came back, he said, "You know? They're not free: they're fighting over bits of food.

It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.

When you make music you are acting as a philosopher. You can either do that consciously or you can do it unconsciously, but you're doing it.

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

Where does beauty begin? Where does it end? Where it ends is where the artist begins.