Never pay any attention to what critics say:Remember, a statue has never been set up in honour of a critic!

Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water.

It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.

If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much richer. Music b…

Artists shouldn't be made famous. You know... they're just ... as important as... um doctors, and priests ... or maybe not as important sometimes, and yet they…

The whole concept of celebrity pisses me off. While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers a…

We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.