Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century. He introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution - the 60's comes from it.

Mozart combines serenity, melancholy, and tragic intensity into one great lyric improvisation. Over it all hovers the greater spirit that is Mozart's - the spirit of compassion, of universal love, even of suffering - a spirit that knows no age, that belongs to all ages.

The joy of music should never be interrupted by a commercial.

If you're a good composer, you steal good steals.

The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm

I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.

It is the artists of the world, the feelers and the thinkers who will ultimately save us; who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams.