Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.

Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says "I want to do this song of yours" because they've connected to it. read more

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says "I want to do this song of yours" because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of read more

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

Music is a safe kind of high.

Music is a safe kind of high.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.