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To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.
People do not retire. They are retired by others.
They're all my children... every score I've done.
Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.
The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
I like to think of music as an emotional science.
I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.
I don't think I'll ever be president of anything.
Music is...the coordination between man and time.
The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.
I don't necessarily like anniversaries that much.
The only true immortality lies in one's children.
I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.
If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.
Yet still the time:- 'It's so nice to come home'.
The opposite of war isn't peace... It's creation!
but i know blue only blue lonely blue without you
I think music as we know it, is autobiographical.
Wow people changed. I can't believe I liked them!
If you're a good composer, you steal good steals.
There is nothing boring in life except ourselves.
I was unfashionable before anyone knew who I was.
My God, how can anyone ever be a master of music?
But you can't really know your audiences so well.
I've forgotten more about music than I ever knew.
I like to talk about America. It's so mysterious.
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.
DJs and people in the street know what they like.
Panic in Wall Street, brokers feeling melancholy.
I'm the anti indie-rocker. My stuff isn't ironic.
Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day.
A grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.
Writing music is my one and only passion and joy.
If people don't like it [my music] now, they will.
It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.
Art is an end in itself; its values are intrinsic.
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
The music is in the air. Take as much as you want.
Anyone who loves music can never be quite unhappy.
I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.
Play Mozart in memory of me - and I will hear you.
Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music.
There are strange hells within the minds war made.
My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard
Dad - a son's first hero, a daughter's first love.
I know no other sign of superiority than Goodness.
The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare.
Music was not invented by the composer, but found.