People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?

For me, music and life are all about style.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.