Artists, by definition innocent, don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back.
Compose first, worry later.
Art's the biggest vanity: the assumption that one's view of peace or fright or beauty is permanently communicable.
Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.
There are no fascinating people, only their works are fascinating.
Why, after all, must everyone like music? That they are missing something is just the lover's opinion.