How Wonderful Opera Would Be If There

Nothing Primes Inspiration More Than Necessity, Whether It Be The Presence Of A Copyist Waiting For Your Work Or The Prodding Of An Impresario Tearing His Hair.

Give Me A Laundry List And I'll Set It To Music.

Answer Them Critics With Silence And Indifference. It Works Better, I Assure You, Than Anger And Argument. . . .

Beethoven I Take Twice A Week, Haydn Four Times, And Mozart Every Day.

Every Kind Of Music Is Good, Except The Boring Kind.