What we hear is the quality of our listening.

I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.

I continue to explain that plot inconsistencies in B movies are consistent, and should not be allowed to undermine one's enjoyment of the action, nor the fundamental credibility of the storyline: the good & bad guys are clearly delineated & easily recognizable, the hero duffs over the baddies, things blow up loudly & spectacularly, the good guy wins. Entirely credible.

Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'

The science is in knowing; the art in perceiving.

My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.