The Rhapsody is not a composition at all. It's a string of separate paragraphs stuck together - with a thin paste of flour and water: I don't think there has been such an inspired melodist on this earth since Tchaikovsky:but if you want to speak of a composer, that's another matter.

It was on the train,with its rattle-ty bang,that is often so stimulating to a composer that I suddenly heard the complete construction of the Rhapsody. Comment…

Gershwin's tragedy was not that he failed to cross the tracks, but rather that he did, and once there in his new habitat, was deprived of the chance to plunge …

I like to think of music as an emotional science.

I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real foundation of any serious a…

Asked if he had ever conducted any Stockhausen, he said, 'No, but I once trod in some.'

With Moondance, I wrote the melody first. I played the melody on a soprano sax and I knew I had a song so I wrote lyrics to go with the melody. That's the way …