"At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art."

"There are certain sounds that I've found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial: they define the edges of the territory of the music."

"One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better."

"Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others."

"The art of living is discovering that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"It is a quiet truth that art is the soul's attempt to give enduring form to the formless."

"For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift."

"If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down."