The powerful chords that emanated from the radio heated me from the inside out, like a microwave.

You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.

You can survive without artistry, but you cannot live without artistry.

Magic is the total delight (appreciation) of chance

The poets scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.

When you're aggressive behind the plate, calling a game, that's when you're at your best. You can't be tentative.

Cruel World has been my favourite track from Ultraviolence ever since I recorded it.

When I am with composers, I say I am a conductor. When I am with conductors, I say I am a composer.

Knowledge Qf history frees us to be contemporary.

Having your husband at a party is like adding anchovies to a salad. I love anchovies, but you can't taste anything else.

I really felt neurotic - it was a neurotic reason - but I had to teach very, very well. That sucked up a lot of oxygen from my time and my creative thinking.