You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.

Quote by Aaron Copland

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know....

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know....

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of...

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of...

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be...

If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be...

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible...

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible...

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form...

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form...

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know....

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know....

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of sub-consciousnessÃ³I wouldnÃt know. But I...

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of sub-consciousnessÃ³I wouldnÃt know. But I...

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, Is there a meaning to...

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, Is there a meaning to...