We must not look for some kind of Messiah.
I believe that music surpasses even language in its power to mirror the innermost recesses of the human soul
The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.
If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.
Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse
Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.
The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.
Around the time I dropped out of college, I decided to start taking what I liked about short stories and apply it to writing songs - to make these things that would change and keep going.
The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.
Your future. It awaits only you, to live it and to write it. - Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb
I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!