I Like To Think Of Music As

It Sounds Simple, Of Course, But Personally I Can Think Of No More Mentally Arduous Task Than Making Music.

Writing Music Is Not So Much Inspiration As Hard Work.

I Like To Think Of Music As An Emotional Science.

Gershwin's Tragedy Was Not That He Failed To Cross The Tracks, But Rather That He Did, And Once There In His New Habitat, Was Deprived Of The Chance To Plunge His Roots Firmly Into The New Soil.

An Entire Composition Written In Jazz Could Not Live.