Mozart wrote so many works in his thirty-five years that it would take a lifetime just to write out the notes. We literally do not know how he did it.

Truth is a big concept.

In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.

Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

When I went back to visit my native Berlin after World War II, I noticed that the only thing I really remembered from my childhood Berlin days is the shoe store.