I Don't Dare Postulate About

Great Music Does Not Just Make Me Feel Good. It Means Something. It Makes Us Understand. It Makes Us Happy.

The Fact That Stravinsky Used The Classics As A Major Influence Is Obvious. What Is Interesting Is How He Used Them, How He Turned Bach Into Stravinsky.

To Me, Mozart Is Our Shakespeare, The One Who Wrote The Most Dramatic, Psychologically Most Baffling Music. He Combined Ideas That No One Else Would Have Thought Of Putting Together.

Yes, Influences Are Enriching, And They Can Be Found In Every Work Of Art, Even The Most Original.

I Don't Dare Postulate About Science, But I Know That It Takes Both Emotion And Intellect In Order For Art To Happen.