"To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them." Nadia Boulanger
"Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection." Alban Berg
"The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping." Benjamin Britten
"A good composer does not imitate; he steals." Igor Stravinsky