Art is science made clear.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim".
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.