The Melody Is Generally What The Piece

The Whole Problem Can Be Stated Quite Simply By Asking "is There A Meaning To Music?" My Answer Would Be, "yes", And "can You State In So Many Words What The Meaning Is?" My Answer To That Would Be "no."

If You Want To Know About The Sixties, Play The Music Of The Beatles.

You Compose Because You Want To Somehow Summarize In Some Permanent Form Your Most Basic Feelings About Being Alive, To Set Down Some Sort Of Permanent Statement About The Way It Feels To Live Now, Today.

The Main Thing Is To Be Satisfied With Your Work Yourself. It's Useless To Have An Audience Happy If You Are Not Happy.

The Greatest Moments Of The Human Spirit May Be Deduced From The Greatest Moments In Music.