I Adore Extravagance But I Abhor Waste.

Mozart Tapped The Source From Which All Music Flows, Expressing Himself With A Spontaneity And Refinement And Breathtaking Rightness.

The Inspired Moment May Sometimes Be Described As A Kind Of Hallucinatory State Of Mind: One Half Of The Personality Emotes And Dictates While The Other Half Listens And Notates. The Half That Listens Has Better Look The Other Way, Had Better Simulate A Half Attention Only, For The Half That Dictates Is Easily Disgruntled And Avenges Itself For Too Close Inspection By Fading Entirely Away.

Listening To The Fifth Symphony Of Ralph Vaughan Williams Is Like Staring At A Cow For 45 Minutes.

Someone Once Asked Me... Whether I Waited For Inspiration. My Answer Was: "every Day!"

You May Be Sitting In A Room Reading This Book. Imagine One Note Struck Upon The Piano. Immediately That One Note Is Enough To Change The Atmosphere Of The Room - Proving That The Sound Element In Music Is A Powerful And Mysterious Agent, Which It Would Be Foolish To Deride Or Belittle.