Music Quotes

I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.

My earliest memories of country music are the Grand Ole Opry.

Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.

The whole background of 'Avian' is rain. I was just playing with textures and realizing you can touch music.

Making music is like shopping for me. Every song is like a new pair of shoes.

The Classic games were Classic because, like classical music or architecture, they strove to give life and weight to ideals of order and proportion, to provide a vision of timelessness. In 'Double Dragon,' we can see the cracks in the brick, the mold growing on the drainage pipes, the unmistakable deterioration of the world we live in.

My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.

When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren't for Toronto.