Truth Implies Meaning.

To Me, Mozart Is Our Shakespeare, The One Who Wrote The Most Dramatic, Psychologically Most Baffling Music. He Combined Ideas That No One Else Would Have Thought Of Putting Together.

I Strongly Suggest That We Play Down Basics Like Who Influenced Whom, And Instead Study The Way The Influence Is Transformed, In Other Words: How The Artist Made It His Own.

It Is Obvious That Anything A Scientist Discovers Or Invents Is Based On Previous Discoveries And Inventions. The Same Applies To The Arts.

Any Creator Owes A Debt To Past Creation.

Great Music Does Not Just Make Me Feel Good. It Means Something. It Makes Us Understand. It Makes Us Happy.