Delsarte tells me that Mozart stole outrageously from Galuppi, in the same way, I suppose, that Moliere stole from anybody anywhere, if he found something work taking. I said that what was Mozart had not been stolen from Galuppi, or from anyone else for that matter.

They say that each generation inherits from those that have gone before; if this were so there would be no limit to man's improvements or to his power of reach…

We should not allow ourselves to believe that writers like Poe have more imagination than those who are content with describing things as they really are. It i…

Perfect beauty implies perfect simplicity, a quality that at first sight does not arouse the emotions which we feel before gigantic works, objects whose very d…

I've seen the little tidal waves that I've caused in the music industry, and how people are becoming more evolved in their images. And there are a lot of new M…

'Good composers don't borrow, they steal'

To be a catalyst is one of my life's objectives. I've been inspired by many people who in turn have been catalysts. It's very interesting to see the waves of i…