Too much emphasis is placed upon the technical aspect of contemporary music and not enough on its communicative and aesthetic impact.
To me, the wonderful thing about music is a love affair between the performer and the composer, and between the composer and his audience. This love affair is a tripartite thing. a radio interview with Bruce Duffie in Chicago on WNIB (1992)
I don’t understand any music! I feel it. I want them to feel something! I don’t want them to understand it.