Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

My music is best understood by children and animals.