I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.
Someone went upside my head again.