The Simplest Things In Music Are The

Thank God, I'll Never Have To Play The Cello Again.

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.

I Was At Mount Tamalpais Near San Francisco Hiking When A Boulder Came Hurling Down The Mountainside And Smashed My Left Hand. When I Looked At My Mangled Bloody Fingers, I Had A Strange Reaction. 'thank God I Will Never Have To Play Again,' I Said. The Fact Is That Dedication To One's Art Does Involve A Sort Of Enslavement.

For Me, Bach Is Like Shakespeare. He Has Known All And Felt All. He Is Everything.

The Simplest Things In Music Are The Ones That Count. The Simplest Thing Are, Of Course, Also The Most Difficult To Achieve And Take Years Of Work.