The Indians long ago knew that music was going on permanently and that hearing it was like looking out a window at a landscape which didn't stop when one turned away.

I needed another basis for musical structure. This I found in sound's duration parameter, sound's only parameter which is present even when no sound is intended.

Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.

No one can have an idea once he starts really listening.

Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation.

I never had a hat, never wore one, but recently was given a brown suede duck-hunting hat. The moment I put it on I realized I was starved for a hat. I kept it warm by putting it on my head. I made plans to wear it especially when I was going to do any thinking. Somewhere in Virginia, I lost my hat.

The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.