Rochberg Quotes

#1. George Rochberg once said that 'to be a composer, you need to have fire in the belly, fire in the brain, but most importantly, an iron stomach.' I feel this is for the most part true, and hope I might convey something of it to younger composers.

Michael Hersch

#2. My style is ever evolving. My style is tomorrow.

Savion Glover

#3. Those who are weak don't fight.
Those who are stronger might fight
for an hour.
Those who are stronger still might fight
for many years.
The strongest fight
their whole life.
They are the indispensable ones.

Bertolt Brecht

#4. Sexual union is a holy moment in which a part of Heaven flows into the Earth.

James Redfield

#5. I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist.

Jacques Barzun

#6. Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.

Graham Greene

#7. People used to say that on moonless nights Her Ladyship's broad-skirted scarlet trousers would glide eerily along the outdoor corridor, never touching the floor.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

#8. It's unnatural selection

Matthew J. Bellamy

#9. The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.

Philip Kaufman