Jazz is not a 'form' but a collection of tags and tricks.

The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.

The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the music.

The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waiting for inspiration.

I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.

For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of the Creation.

The good composer is slowly discovered the bad composer is slowly found out.

Creativity is the elixir of life.

Music? All kinda music. I don't just listen to one thing; I listen to everything.

If you really want a true confrontation, you treat your opponent with respect.

Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degree of pride and moroseness.

To dream the impossible dream, to reach the unreachable star!

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Whatever you're feeling is what you're vibrating and what you're vibrating is what you're attracting

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.

Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct.

A piece of creative writing, like a day-dream, is a continuation of, and a substitute for, what was once the play of childhood.