| So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning. |
| To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. |
| Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific. |