You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.
Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.
Being on a musical quest was something I always enjoyed.
Len and I had parted musical ways and this was one of the problems.
I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots.
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.
The musical equivalent of St Pancras Station. (on Elgar)
Music is a major gift that keeps on giving!
I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.
I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane.
Rest, nature, books, music…such is my idea of happiness.
I would like to have directed Hollywood musicals in the '40s and '50s.
That creates the magic, and that's the wonderment of the musical process and how precious that is.
There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics.
I really had to think and learn about musical intervals.
Kids: they dance before they learn “there is anything that isn’t music. ” —William Stafford
Play your music so the earth can dance.
If the music is amazing, you can get away with anything.
Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.
I think that's my gift in this world is to put experience into music.
