The Most Important Thing In Music Is

For Twelve Years I Studied And Worked At Them Every Day, And I Was Nearly 25 Before I Had The Courage To Play One Of Them In Public. Before I Did, No Violinist Or Cellist Had Ever Played A Suite In Its Entirety.

The Most Important Thing In Music Is What Is Not In The Notes.

Each Person Has Inside A Basic Decency And Goodness. If He Listens To It And Acts On It, He Is Giving A Great Deal Of What It Is The World Needs Most. It Is Not Complicated But It Takes Courage. It Takes Courage For A Person To Listen To His Own Goodness And Act On It.

I See In The Melody Of Nature, God. It Is A Wonderful Work Of Art. The Spirit Of The Art Is Wonderful. And I Feel That I Am Myself Because I Have Never Taken Music Lightly. Music Is The Manifestation Of God, Like Everything Else.

The Greatest Respect An Artist Can Pay To Music Is To Give It Life.