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After all, Jews invented psychiatry to help other Jews become Gentiles.
Because it has such a ragged movement. It suggests something like that.
Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.
Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart.
I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.
My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other.
Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.
I'm not into division. I'm into coordination, discipline and tradition.
I've been told that my music tells a story, but I don't know the story.
There are scores you have to write objectively without getting involved.
I would say 'Home' is a lot richer and deeper than my earlier classical.
Writing for a film means the music has to serve the film, the narrative.
Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
One day I'll be able to relax a bit, and try and become a good composer.
A great painting is something that you can come back to again and again.
Nobody plans on playing their own songs in front of thousands of people.
I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.
I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child.
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
We should have a music of our own - if possible, without any Sauerkraut.
Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.
God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn't - it's as simple as that.
All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
They say that falling in love is wonderful, it's wonderful, so they say.
I want the Dead Sea, like Masada, to be part of UNESCO's world heritage.
When reason and instinct are reconciled, there will be no higher appeal.
I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.
In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.
I believe in miracles . . . prayers that are answered and healing hands.
Each day's a gift of Life divine a precious jewel that's yours and mine!
Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.
There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.
Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best.
The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle.
Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art.
The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us.
Listening is selecting and interpreting and acting and making decisions.
You don't underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances.
I wanted to write music, and cook, and play cards, and have a nice time.
You cannot create what you want by moving away from what you don't want.
It's all about one thing: creative problem-solving to get the story out.
A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity.
It's not how long life is but the quality of our life that is important.
Music is enough for a lifetime - but a lifetime is not enough for music.
Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.
The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint.
It's just as difficult to overcome success as it is to overcome failure.
It is a mistake to think that the price of my art has become easy to me.