If One Uses Music That One Does

The Creative Act Is Like Writing A Letter. A Letter Is A Project; You Don't Sit Down To Write A Letter Unless You Know What You Want To Say And To Whom You Want To Say It.

Anybody Can Put Things Together That Belong Together. To Put Things Together That Don't Go Together, And Make It Work, That Takes Genius Like Mozart's. Yet He Is Presented In The Play Amadeus As A Kind Of Silly Boy Whom The Gods Loved.

If One Uses Music That One Does Not Really Love, Then One Will Not Succeed In Making It One's Own.

Most Artists Have Experienced The Creative Block. We Get Stuck In Our Work. We Beat Our Head Against The Wall: Nothing. Sometimes, It Is Because We Are Trying Something At The Wrong Time.

When I Went Back To Visit My Native Berlin After World War Ii, I Noticed That The Only Thing I Really Remembered From My Childhood Berlin Days Is The Shoe Store.