The Joy Of Music Should Never Be

When I Am With Composers, I Say I Am A Conductor. When I Am With Conductors, I Say I Am A Composer.

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

Any Asshole Can Write A Tone-row. It Takes A Composer To Write A Tune.

We Musicians, Like Everyone Else, Are Numb With Sorrow At This Murder, And With Rage At The Senselessness Of The Crime. But This Sorrow And Rage Will Not Inflame Us To Seek Retribution; Rather They Will Inflame Our Art. Our Music Will Never Again Be Quite The Same. This Will Be Our Reply To Violence: To Make Music More Intensely, More Beautifully, More Devotedly Than Ever Before. And With Each Note We Will Honor The Spirit Of John Kennedy, Commemorate His Courage, And Reaffirm His Faith In The Triumph Of The Mind.

To Achieve Great Things, Two Things Are Needed; A Plan, And Not Quite Enough Time.