If I Am Not Making Music, I

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

People Don't Very Much Like Things That Are Beautiful - They Are So Far From Their Nasty Little Minds.

If We Look At The Works Of Js Bach ... On Each Page We Discover Things Which We Thought Were Born Only Yesterday, From Delightful Arabesques To An Overflowing Of Religious Feeling Greater Than Anything We Have Since Discovered.

Collect Impressions. Don't Be In A Hurry To Write Them Down. Because That's Something Music Can Do Better Than Painting: It Can Centralise Variations Of Colour And Light Within A Single Picture A Truth Generally Ignored, Obvious As It Is.

Music Begins Where Words Are Powerless To Express. Music Is Made For The Inexpressible. I Want Music To Seem To Rise From The Shadows And Indeed Sometimes To Return To Them.