On Those Who Overanalyze His Music: When

The Age Of Automobiles And Aeroplanes Cannot Express Itself In The Same Manner As Did The Age Of The Diligence.

When Claude Debussy Studied At The Paris Conservatory From Age Ten To Age Twenty-two, Many Considered Him A Rebel Because Of His Treatment Of Dissonance And His Disdain For The Established Forms. He Reputedly Turned To A Fellow Student During A Performance Of Beethoven With The Words, "let's Go. He's Starting To Develop.

To Complete A Work Is Just Like Being Present At The Death Of Someone You Love.

There Is No Theory. You Have Only To Listen. Pleasure Is The Law. I Love Music Passionately. And Because L Love It, I Try To Free It From Barren Traditions That Stifle It. It Is A Free Art Gushing Forth, An Open-air Art Boundless As The Elements, The Wind, The Sky, The Sea. It Must Never Be Shut In And Become An Academic Art.

There Is Nothing More Musical Than A Sunset.