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The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.

— Igor Stravinsky

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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead.

Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.

What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.

Themes and Conclusions (1982)

My music is best understood by children and animals.

Composers combine notes, that's all.

Themes and Conclusions (1982)

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