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I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long read more
I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.
I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of read more
I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of my fun things.
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.
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to read more
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.
Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.
Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly read more
Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf.