Oral Musical Traditions Are Rooted In Assured

A Person Of Any Mental Quality Has Ideas Of His Own. This Is Common Sense.

I Did Not Compose My Work As One Might Put On A Church Vestment... Rather It Sprung From The Truly Fervent Faith Of My Heart, Such As I Have Felt It Since My Childhood.

My Sole Ambition As A Composer Is To Hurl My Javelin Into The Infinite Space Of The Future.

Inspiration Is Enough To Give Expression To The Tone In Singing, Especially When The Song Is Without Words.

So Let Us Not Worry, And Look Instead As It Has Been Taught Us To Do, As The Birds Of The Air And The Lilies Of The Field, Keeping Complete Faith In Our Father's Goodness.