Composer

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.'

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.

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

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.'

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

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.

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.

Keseluruhan masalah dapat dinyatakan secara sederhana dengan bertanya, 'Apakah musik ada artinya?' Jawaban saya adalah, 'Ya.' Dan 'Bisakah Anda menyatakan dengan banyak kata apa artinya?' Jawaban saya adalah, 'Tidak.'

Anda menulis karena Anda ingin merangkum dalam beberapa bentuk permanen perasaan Anda yang paling mendasar tentang hidup, untuk meletakkan ... semacam pernyataan permanen tentang bagaimana rasanya hidup sekarang, hari ini.

Menghentikan aliran musik itu seperti menghentikan waktu, luar biasa dan tak terbayangkan.

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.