Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Fate is not quite as strange as it appears!
Sound is the first thing that we tune into.
I will lay down my life if it sets us free.
Bach is the beginning and end of all music.
Art means to dare - and to have been right.
I always begin to compose the melody first.
The muse doesn't come without being called.
I look at you and I write down what I hear.
Composing is like driving down a foggy road.
The fabric of existence weaves itself whole.
There is nothing more musical than a sunset.
I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles.
I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.
Nothing bad ever happens, why should I care?
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
There are two infinities: God and stupidity.
The trombone is too sacred for frequent use.
Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.
Here, whatever is not boring is not English.
An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
It's the irrational things that interest me.
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
There's no ego when you're a ukulele player.
As McLuhan says, everything happens at once.
The world is calling, it's now or neverland.
Life has become a state of sensory overload.
Rules are my very humble, obedient servants.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
The amount of money one needs is terrifying.
Composing is like making love to the future.
I wonder if Harley-Davidson makes a unicycle
The function of pop music is to be consumed.
My destiny is solitude, and my life is work.
A close-up on screen can say all a song can.
If the end is right, it justifies the beans!
NYC is chaotic. And I am attracted to chaos.
Musicians own music because music owns them.
Believe me, I do not like idleness but work.
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
I love sampling, and RZA loves sampling, too.
An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
Music is life and, like it, inextinguishable.
Before Mozart, all ambition turns to despair.
Stand up and take your dissonance like a man.
Every great inspiration is but an experiment.
Today's trend ends up in tomorrow's landfill.
The majority of my symphonies are tombstones.
I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!
Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.
I tell my piano the things I used to tell you