It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.
“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
“It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.”