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Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.
It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.
I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.
One experiments and has to choose always the best results.
But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.
The family of God is the choir, and God is their audience.
I'm outside the music I've made. I have no interest in it.
Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.
Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
I think 'lunch' is one of the funniest words in the world.
I see people as they really are from a pure point of view.
Never love unless you can bear with all the faults of man!
The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.
So long as you do it truthfully, music is not to be judged.
Consider what a romantic expedition you are on; take notes.
I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
Everybody knows that our cities were built to be destroyed.
Music is one of the ways that God has of beating in on man.
Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art.
The modern composer builds his works on the basis of truth.
He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.
There's an, oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me.
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera.
What a picture of a better world you have given us, Mozart!
If Beethoven is a prodigy of man, Bach is a miracle of God.
If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.
The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila.
This exploded in me almost more music than I could consume.
Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.
I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
One of the biggest things that happened for me was YouTube.
Our senses have changed, even though our emotions have not.
Todd Rundgren is a genius, and I don't use that word a lot.
You've got to win in your mind before you win in your life.
The white paintings came first; my silent piece came later.
I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges.
The greatest gift I ever had Came from God; I call him Dad!
This sorry poem Isn't long It's simply to say I was wrong!!
Just because something 'is' doesn't mean that it should be.
As everyone else, I was a fan of Pink Floyd in the sixties.
I have two answers to everything and one answer to nothing.
We all make mistakes, but everyone makes different mistakes
If I contemplate myself as part of the Universe: what am I?
After Rossini dies, who will be there to promote his music?
The coward dies a thousand deaths — the brave man only 500.
She was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze.
Whatever instrument I play, I always try to keep it unreal.