The only form of music is melody, without melody music is not feasible, and music and melody are quite inseparable.

The long-term vision is to replace, repair and regenerate failing tissues and organs with the materials of tissues and organs. It's still 'out there,' but it's possible to put together a grant proposal now that doesn't sound completely crazy.

Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.

...music is the living God in our bosoms.

Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.

When religion becomes artificial, art has a duty to rescue it. Art can show that the symbols which religions would have us believe literally true are actually figurative. Art can idealize those symbols, and so reveal the profound truths they contain.

My destiny is solitude, and my life is work.