temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed.”
“People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It’s like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.”
“The more you love,the more love you have to give.It’s the only feeling we have which is infinite…”
“Music can change the world because it can change people.”
“If music be the food of love, play on.
“I see my life in terms of music.”
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the music the words make.”
“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.”
“Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.”
“Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.”
“I’m just a musical prostitute, my dear.”
“If I cannot fly, let me sing.”
“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.”
“Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician’s curse.”