Bernstein Has Been Disclosing Musical Secrets That

The Rhapsody Is Not A Composition At All. It's A String Of Separate Paragraphs Stuck Together - With A Thin Paste Of Flour And Water... I Don't Think There Has Been Such An Inspired Melodist On This Earth Since Tchaikovsky... But If You Want To Speak Of A Composer, That's Another Matter.

If You're A Good Composer, You Steal Good Steals.

A Work Of Art Does Not Answer Questions, It Provokes Them; And Its Essential Meaning Is In The Tension Between The Contradictory Answers.

Music Can Name The Unnameable And Communicate The Unknowable.

A Liberal Is A Man Or A Woman Or A Child Who Looks Forward To A Better Day, A More Tranquil Night, And A Bright, Infinite Future.