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

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

Life without music would be a mistake.

Life without music would be a mistake.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.

After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.

Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt read more

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.'

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.