Technique Is Communication: The Two Words Are

It Is Hard To Think Of Another Composer Who So Perfectly Marries Form And Passion.

I Hate You, Richard Wagner . . . But I Hate You On My Knees.

We Musicians, Like Everyone Else, Are Numb With Sorrow At This Murder, And With Rage At The Senselessness Of The Crime. But This Sorrow And Rage Will Not Inflame Us To Seek Retribution; Rather They Will Inflame Our Art. Our Music Will Never Again Be Quite The Same. This Will Be Our Reply To Violence: To Make Music More Intensely, More Beautifully, More Devotedly Than Ever Before. And With Each Note We Will Honor The Spirit Of John Kennedy, Commemorate His Courage, And Reaffirm His Faith In The Triumph Of The Mind.

Mozart's Music Is Constantly Escaping From Its Frame, Because It Cannot Be Contained In It.

The Joy Of Music Should Never Be Interrupted By A Commercial.