...That is one of the main causes of this arrogance: the idea of power. Then you lose your true power which is to be part of all, and the only way you can be part of all is to understand it. And when you don't understand, you have to go humbly to it. You don't go to school and say, 'I know what you're going to teach me'.

I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there's some feeling of communication, it isn't necessary that it be understood.

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.

All of the technique doesn't matter... only if the feeling is right.

Change is inevitable in music - things change.

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

We should pray and seek for knowledge which would enable us to portray and project the things we love in music, in a way that might wholly or in some part, be appreciated as having been conceived and composed or performed and presented with dedication and in positive taste