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

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

Music, because of its specific and far-reaching metaphorical powers, can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.

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

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.

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.

It is hard to think of another composer who so perfectly marries form and passion.