To compose music, all you have to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

Summit or death, either way, I win.

For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond

The painter turns a poem into a painting; the musician sets a picture to music.

He must be heard - and also seen; for if he played behind the scenes a great deal of the poetry of his playing would be lost