We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work of art.

The only love affair I have ever had was with music.

Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?

Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.

I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by pieces.

We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work of art

I do not ask for my music to be interpreted, but only for it to be played.

I begin by considering an effect.

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel.

If he'd been making shell-cases during the war it might have been better for music.

To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing bad Ravel.

Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of the church

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Old age ain't for sissies

I'm trying to put the ridiculousness to bed. The president of the United States is the president of the United States.

If somebody's cat happens to turn on the TV, my numbers can double. It's almost unrelated to what's really happening.

I dont sit well. I like to move around as I talk.

Dream big and stay true to yourself as you pursue your dreams.

The honor of the conquest is rated by the difficulty.

After all, there is nothing but failure.

The cardinal error of science lies in shutting the Creator out of His Creation.