“The best music... is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.”

“But an essentially mechanical world would be an essentially meaningless world! Suppose that one assessed the value of a piece of music according to how much of it could be counted, calculated, put into formulas; how absurd such a 'scientific' assessment of music would be! What would one have comprehended, understood, known about it? Nothing, absolutely nothing of what is really 'music' in it!”

“There was something about words and music together that allowed people to get nearest to honest truth about what was most difficult to say. Paradoxically, only through the essential instantaneity of music could you approach its eternal pertinence.”

“There was something so best-musical-ever when people screamed and begged for mercy, and she could listen to a good musical all day.”

“Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music. ”

“Fun is essential to mastering the serious side of life. It provides the balance that keeps us sane”