Music, Of All The Arts, Stands In

We Musicians, Like Everyone Else, Are Numb With Sorrow At This Murder, And With Rage At The Senselessness Of The Crime. But This Sorrow And Rage Will Not Inflame Us To Seek Retribution; Rather They Will Inflame Our Art. Our Music Will Never Again Be Quite The Same. This Will Be Our Reply To Violence: To Make Music More Intensely, More Beautifully, More Devotedly Than Ever Before. And With Each Note We Will Honor The Spirit Of John Kennedy, Commemorate His Courage, And Reaffirm His Faith In The Triumph Of The Mind.

Children Must Receive Music Instruction As Naturally As Food, With As Much Pleasure As They Derive From A Ball Game, And This Must Happen From The Beginning Of Their Lives.

From New Year's On The Outlook Brightens; Good Humor Lost In A Mood Of Failure Returns. I Resolve To Stop Complaining.

This Must Be The Mission Of Every Man Of Goodwill: To Insist, Unflaggingly, At Risk Of Becoming A Repetitive Bore, But To Insist On The Achievement Of A World In Which The Mind Will Have Triumphed Over Violence.

Success Is All Very Well As Long As You Don't Inhale.