To Render My Works Properly Requires A

The Trombone Is The True Head Of The Family Of Wind Instruments... It Has All The Serious And Powerful Tones Of Sublime Musical Poetry, From Religious, Calm And Imposing Accents To Savage, Orgiastic Outburst.

To Render My Works Properly Requires A Combination Of Extreme Precision And Irresistible Verve, A Regulated Vehemence, A Dreamy Tenderness, And An Almost Morbid Melancholy.

At Least I Have The Modesty To Admit That Lack Of Modesty Is One Of My Failings.

It Is So Rare...to Find A Complete Person, With A Soul, A Heart And An Imagination; So Rare For Characters As Ardent And Restless As Ours To Meet And To Be Matched Together, That I Hardly Know How To Tell You What Happiness It Gives Me To Know You.

The Luck Of Having Talent Is Not Enough; One Must Also Have A Talent For Luck.