If You're A Good Composer, You Steal

Perhaps The Chief Requirement Of [the Conductor] Is That He Be Humble Before The Composer; That He Never Interpose Himself Between The Music And The Audience; That All His Efforts, However Strenuous Or Glamorous, Be Made In The Service Of The Composer's Meaning - The Music Itself, Which, After All, Is The Whole Reason For The Conductor's Existence.

Bernstein Has Been Disclosing Musical Secrets That Have Been Well Known For Over 400 Years.

In The Olden Days, Everybody Sang. You Were Expected To Sing As Well As Talk. It Was A Mark Of The Cultured Man To Sing.

Inspiration Is Wonderful When It Happens, But The Writer Must Develop An Approach For The Rest Of The Time... The Wait Is Simply Too Long.

Life Without Music Is Unthinkable. Life Without Music Is Academic. That Is Why My Contact With Music Is A Total Embrace.