Ned Rorem (1923–2022)

»If music could be translated into human speech it would no longer need to exist.«

»Music is the sole art, which evokes nostalgia for the future.«

»The current state of music presents a variety of solutions in search of a problem, the problem being to find somebody left to listen.«

»To see itself through, music must have idea or magic. Music with neither dies young though rich.«