I venerate van Gogh. He was a remarkable human being, a man who knew about love. His work reflects a spirit filled with light, even though his life was a tragedy in many ways. Reflections (1981)
The man who doesn't respond to music, the man without music in his soul is not to be trusted. A man like that is cold and empty, empty to the core. Reflections (1981)
As far as Bach is concerned, I never came close to liking him...My favourite composer is Scriabin...[and] his Fifth sonata, in my mind, the greatest piece of music ever written. Reflections (1981)
The Gnostics thought the planet Earth was a cosmic mistake. I too feel that way — I'm through with this Earth before I've even departed from it. Reflections (1981)
Wagner wrote an opera titled Tristan and Yseult and in it there is a theme called Love Death theme. It is so sensual, so sexual that he was criticized for having introduced sex into music. And that was quite a few years before the appearance of Elvis Presley! Reflections (1981)