The vocal cord will be eliminated by a process of evolution, as was the tail of man when he came from the ape.

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.

You can't drive a Spike with a Tack Hammer

The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions.

I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes.

I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.

Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.