"At present...I feel that my works require a modified serial technique, but it is a very unorthodox one, and almost ne…"

"I don’t understand any music! I feel it. I want them to feel something! I don’t want them to understand it. If I want…"

"I have one idea about this whole interpretation problem as it relates to orchestral music — too many of our conductor…"

"To me, the wonderful thing about music is a love affair between the performer and the composer, and between the compo…"

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"

"Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her…"

"The hunter catches a dreadful prey, the seaman steers his ship into an unspeakable harbor, the plowman sows and reaps…"

"You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply. I claim that privilege …"

"When Hector heard that challenge he rejoiced and right in the no man's land along his lines he strode, gripping his s…"