Let no one imagine that in owning a recording he has the music. The very practice of music is a celebration that we own nothing.

A meal without mushrooms is like a day without rain.

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.

Why do you not do as I do? Letting go of your thoughts as though they were the cold ashes of a long dead fire?

A finished work is exactly that, requires resurrection.

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.

The attitude I take is that everyday life is more interesting than forms of celebration, when we become aware of it. That when is when our intentions go down to zero. Then suddenly you notice that the world is magical.