The joy of music should never be interrupted by a commercial.
Wine snobbery, of course, is part showmanship, part sophistication, part knowledge, and part bluff
The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property of the artist; it is a gift we all share; to some degree or other all of us, all of you, are endowed with the powers of fantasy.
To be a success as a Broadway composer, you must be Jewish or gay. I'm both.
Success is all very well as long as you don't inhale.
Life without music is unthinkable. Life without music is academic. That is why my contact with music is a total embrace.