I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music inflames temperament.

Music inflames temperament.

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and read more

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?

Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies read more

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.