"Music is natural law as related to the sense of hearing."

"Except for the violin pieces and a few of my orchestra pieces, all of my works from the Passacaglia on relate to the …"

"Doomed to total failure in a deaf world of ignorance and indifference, he inexorably kept on cutting out his diamonds…"

"[the impression of the first time I heard Webern's music in a concert performance] was the same as I was to experienc…"

"Music is become a complaisant and versatile handmaiden, and, since the impossible is demanded of her, she calls up al…"

"Is it not permissible for a pope to pronounce a law unjust? Every newspaper arrogates to itself the right of stigmati…"

"Doctrinaire formula-worship, that is our real enemy."

"I think that being an outsider has been very important for me because it made it possible for me to take a different …"

"My research came out of my very early traumas. Out of questions like, does it really have to be this way? Does there …"

"We’re told we are bad. That’s inherent in us, so we have to be rigidly controlled by those on top."