It would be nice to hear someone accidentally whistle something of mine, somewhere, just once.

I hate you, Richard Wagner . . . but I hate you on my knees.

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

I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it .

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.

Any asshole can write a tone-row. It takes a composer to write a tune.