In f-major, c* is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f*.

Nature endows us with the feeling that moves us in all our musical experiences; we might call her gift instinct.

We must have recourse to the rules of music when our genius and our ear seem to deny what we are seeking.

I try to conceal art with art.

When reason and instinct are reconciled, there will be no higher appeal.

Music is a science which should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot really be known to us without the aid of mathematics.

Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words.

Rhythm and sounds are born with syllables.

Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin.

Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory.

Bright light. You've always found your way.

I want to be my usual painstaking, cautious, slow, conservative self in analyzing it.

Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.

Nobody wanted to win more than I did. Nobody !

Humor is based on surprise, and surprise is a milder way of saying shock. It's surprise that makes the joke.

One of the first things we found out was that the Warren Commission never pursued a conspiracy investigation.

Revolt is my new - cable music network. It's distributed through Time Warner and Comcast. And to put it simply, it is the ESPN of music.

To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all.

If we are to overcome terrorism and violence, we need education. That is the only way we can win.