Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.

The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.

Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific.

Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.

The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy.

If you want to know about the Sixties, play the music of The Beatles.

Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.

Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

The more I learn about life and people, the more I realise that everyone has a story and everyone’s story is the biggest in their own mind.” - Laylla Jonson

If you enjoy being at work more than being at home it doesn't mean you are a workaholic, it simply means you are in love with your work and you worship it.

You are not responsible for the murderous rampage of an alien psycho, okay?

Oil companies are radical because they're willing to alter the chemical composition of the atmosphere.

If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.

If you take stands in any way and people feel that you have any success in - a following, why those who disagree with you are going to feel very strongly about it.

Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea.

The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth and freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love.

The song of canaries Never varies, And when they're moulting They're pretty revolting.

To the lover the loved one always appears as solitary.