Music Is A Kind Of Harmonious Language.

Nothing Primes Inspiration More Than Necessity, Whether It Be The Presence Of A Copyist Waiting For Your Work Or The Prodding Of An Impresario Tearing His Hair.

Answer Them Critics With Silence And Indifference. It Works Better, I Assure You, Than Anger And Argument. . . .

Give Me A Laundry List And I'll Set It To Music.

One Can't Judge Wagner's Opera Lohengrin After A First Hearing, And I Certainly Don't Intend To Hear It A Second Time.

Music Is A Kind Of Harmonious Language.